Woman arrested for hit-and-run following crash with motorcyclist on Highway 99
A Eugene woman was arrested Wednesday for a suspected hit-and-run crash between a motorcycle and a sedan on Highway 99 Tuesday night.
The crash left the motorcyclist with life-threatening injuries, Eugene police spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin said in a news release.
The crash happened at 7:47 p.m. Tuesday in the 1300 block of Highway 99. The driver of the vehicle, a white Mercury Milan, was located soon after at the intersection of Fairfield and Wood avenues, McLaughlin said.
The suspect, a 32-year-old, was arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run, she said.
Police have been in investigating the crash, and the victim, a 55-year-old Eugene resident, has remained in the hospital as of Wednesday morning.
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