Oregon man fatally struck by semi-truck after ‘mechanical failure’ on I-84 ramp

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 38-year-old Bend man died on Friday after being fatally struck by a semitruck on a highway on-ramp, Oregon State Police announced.

The two-vehicle crash took place just before 11:45 p.m. near milepost 159 on I-84 in Morrow County.

Police say Austin Yager was driving a Volkswagen Jetta that suffered a “mechanical failure on the on-ramp and stopped in the roadway.”

“The failure resulted in no visible lights operating on the Volkswagen,” OSP said.

The Volkswagen was struck by a Freightliner truck that was traveling east.

Police say that Yager was outside the car at the time of the collision and died at the scene.