A trailer struck and killed a Eugene man on July 31, after he had exited a Toyota Tacoma and entered the roadway on Highway 228 near Brownsville, Oregon State Police said.

Elijah A. Copeland, 46, was on foot in the westbound lane for an unknown reason, less than a half-mile west of Interstate 5, state police said Tuesday, Aug. 6.

At about 8:48 p.m., a utility trailer towed by a Dodge Ram collided with Copeland, who died at the scene. A 39-year-old Junction City man, Justin Cane Clark, was driving the truck.

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