HERMISTON, Ore.-Oregon State Police (OSP) are looking for potential witnesses after a hit-and-run left a Hermiston man dead in Hood River County.
OSP responded to the crash near milepost 66 on Interstate 84 in Hood River County just before 6 a.m. on April 26.
According to OSP, 24-year-old Hunter Miller, of Hermiston, was walking in the travel lane on I-84 when he was hit by a vehicle heading west in the slow lane near Hood River.
Miller died at the scene, and a black Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found several miles east of the crash; however, it is unknown if Miller was riding the motorcycle, according to OSP.
Traffic was affected for about two-and-a-half hours after the crash, and the OSP’s Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU), the specialized unit that investigates all deadly crashes on Oregon highways, is now investigating.
Any witnesses to the crash, or anyone with any information about the car that hit Miller is asked to contact OSP Dispatch at 800-442-2068, or by calling *OSP (*677) from a cell phone and reference case number SP26-135374.
