UPDATE: NAME RELEASED - OSP REQUESTING PUBLIC'S HELP IN FATAL PEDESTRIAN-INVOLVED HIT & RUN CRASH - SHOREVIEW DRIVE EAST OF COTTAGE GROVE IN LANE COUNTY
News Release from Oregon State Police
Posted on FlashAlert: September 28th, 2014 2:39 PM
Oregon State Police (OSP) is asking for the public's help to locate the vehicle and driver involved in Saturday night's fatal hit and run pedestrian-involved crash along Shoreview Drive east of Cottage Grove in Lane County. The deceased's name is released after confirmation that next of kin were notified.
According to Sergeant Alan Gilbert, on September 27, 2014 at approximately 10:40 p.m., Lane County Sheriff's Office requested OSP's help with a report of a deceased body in the 35000 block of Shoreview Drive near Dorena Lake. OSP assumed the lead in the investigation that indicates an unknown vehicle struck a male and fled the scene, leaving the victim laying in the center of the road.
The deceased pedestrian is identified as REUBEN JAMES ORR, age 39, from Eugene.
OSP Springfield Area Command office patrol troopers and detectives are investigating the fatal hit and run crash. There are no current leads to help indicate the type of vehicle involved in this incident. Lead investigator is Trooper Mike Pelkey.
Anyone with information in this investigation is asked to call OSP Northern Command Center dispatch at 800-452-7888.
No other information to be released at this time.
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According to Sergeant Alan Gilbert, on September 27, 2014 at approximately 10:40 p.m., Lane County Sheriff's Office requested OSP's help with a report of a deceased body in the 35000 block of Shoreview Drive near Dorena Lake. OSP assumed the lead in the investigation that indicates an unknown vehicle struck a male and fled the scene, leaving the victim laying in the center of the road.
The deceased pedestrian is identified as REUBEN JAMES ORR, age 39, from Eugene.
OSP Springfield Area Command office patrol troopers and detectives are investigating the fatal hit and run crash. There are no current leads to help indicate the type of vehicle involved in this incident. Lead investigator is Trooper Mike Pelkey.
Anyone with information in this investigation is asked to call OSP Northern Command Center dispatch at 800-452-7888.
No other information to be released at this time.
### www.oregon.gov/OSP ###
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