Oregen cornerback Daylen Austin arrested on felony charge of hit and run

Question

Wednesday afternoon, 19-year-old Daylen Austin was involved in a fatal hit-and-run of a 46-year-old man.

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This is true. I know of someone who heard of this case in Lane County. There are also many articles out. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39962615/oregon-db-daylen-austin-arrested-fatal-hit-run.

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This is true. I just saw this post recently on USA Today. Austin was arrested in connection to the hit-and-run.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2024/04/18/oregon-football-player-daylen-austin-arrest/73368736007/

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This is most likely not misinformation. Daylen Austin was arrested on April 15 in connection to the fatal hit-and-run in Eugene. He is scheduled to appear in court on May 22 as the investigation continues.

https://www.si.com/college/oregon/news/oregon-ducks-football-player-daylen-austin-alleged-fatal-car-crash-new-details-report-eugene-dan-lanning

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This is true. Many known news companies such as ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and USA today have written about this incident. Daylen Austin is a defensive back on the football team for the University of Oregon. ESPN reports that the 46-year-old man was hit approximately two miles away from campus.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39962615/oregon-db-daylen-austin-arrested-fatal-hit-run

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This information is true. He was arrested on April 15th. Here is the source that I found more information on:https://abcnews.go.com/US/university-oregon-defensive-back-daylen-austin-arrested-hit/story?id=109374378#:~:text=A%20college%20football%20player%20from,crash%20took%20place%20a%20W.

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This comment is true, according to both this Daily Emerald article and KPTV.

https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/uo-football-player-daylen-austin-arrested-following-fatal-hit-and-run/article_0a3f21e4-fceb-11ee-bbd1-97ff1746dc55.html

https://www.kptv.com/2024/04/17/university-oregon-football-player-arrested-after-deadly-hit-and-run/

Answer 1

Reading the USAToday story about Daylen Austin it seems as if this story is true. "A University of Oregon football player has been arrested in connection to a fatal hit-and-run crash that left a man dead, police said." Reading more on this story shows that multiple new sources confirmed this is not misinformation. The New York Post also had a story based around this news story which stated the same information as the news source before.  

https://nypost.com/2024/04/18/sports/oregons-daylen-austin-arrested-in-fatal-hit-and-run-crash/

Answer 2

This is true. I know of someone who heard of this case in Lane County. There are also many articles out. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39962615/oregon-db-daylen-austin-arrested-fatal-hit-run.

Answer 3

This is not misinformation. There are several sources that reported on this. The timing is off though. He was arrested the same night of the accident, April 15th. 

https://nypost.com/2024/04/18/sports/oregons-daylen-austin-arrested-in-fatal-hit-and-run-crash/amp/

Answer 4

This is true. Daylen Austin, 19-year-old University of Oregon defensive back was arrested on April 15th in connection with a hit and run where the 46-year-old man who was hit died. A simple search of the internet will provide many news articles supporting this.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/university-oregon-defensive-back-daylen-austin-arrested-hit/story?id=109374378

Answer 5

It looks like this information is true. MSN published an article giving detail on the story, and identified the victim and the events that lead about to the hit and run, along with writing how there was proof with video cameras. They have quotes from officials on what Daylen said about the hit and run, and they gave information on what is happening right now, and what will happen in the future for Daylen.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/new-details-emerge-from-fatal-hit-and-run-that-led-to-arrest-of-oregon-db-daylen-austin/ar-BB1m66Ib

Answer 6

This is a true story and it is undergoing investigation still. 

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39962615/oregon-db-daylen-austin-arrested-fatal-hit-run

https://www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq/oregon-football-daylen-austin-arrest-hit-and-run

Answer 7

This event did take place, this is an article describing what happened with updated new details.  https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2024/05/new-details-emerge-in-fatal-incident-involving-oregon-football-defensive-back-daylen-austin.html

Answer 8

https://abcnews.go.com/US/university-oregon-defensive-back-daylen-austin-arrested-hit/story?id=109374378

This is not misinformation. It is, in fact, most likely true (pending police investigation): Daylen Austin, a UO football DB, was arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run of a 46-year-old man. This accident occurred at 4th and Polk St in Eugene, Oregon.

Austin was booked by officers and has since been released pending a pre-trial conference on May 22nd. Everyone must now wait to see how the trial plays out.

 

Answer 9

This is true, it was reported in lane county however Dan Lanning has yet to comment and he is yet to have a court date set.

Answer 10

This is not misinformation. Per this article by the Register Guard (https://www.registerguard.com/story/sports/college/football/2024/04/17/oregon-ducks-football-player-fatal-hit-and-run-eugene/73351150007/) Daylen Austin had been charged with "failure to person duties as a drive to seriously injured person"