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In the two weeks since Sharon Schuman was killed by a car while she was running on the Amazon Trail, little information has been released about the circumstances of the crash.
It’s been two weeks since Sharon Schuman, a musician and former professor of literature who was well-known around Eugene and Springfield, was killed while running on the Amazon Trail.
Around 9:45 a.m. April 23, a Toyota RAV4 traveling northbound on the Amazon Parkway jumped the curb, crossed over a stretch of grass and struck Schuman.
The day after the crash, April 24, the Eugene Police Department released a statement identifying Schuman, 79, and the driver: Scott Shawn Stolarczyk, 51, of Eugene. In the statement, police said an investigation by its Major Collision Investigation team was continuing.
A spokesman for PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center RiverBend said Stolarczyk had been treated at the hospital and released but gave no information about how long he was there.
Lookout Eugene-Springfield made multiple, unsuccessful attempts to contact Stolarczyk, who is a local architect.
In an email to Lookout, a police spokesperson wrote April 30 that there was no timeline for the investigation to be completed.
“Each investigation is distinct and we don’t have an estimate at this time. (Major Collision Investigation) is carefully and thoroughly working the case,” the email read.
Six days later, May 6, the update from the police was the same: “The investigation is still open and ongoing.”
Schuman was well-known in town as a co-founder of Chamber Music Amici, and a retired professor of literature at the University of Oregon. She was preparing to step away from her professional career as a violinist with a final concert in June.
She was also a dedicated athlete who ran, hiked and cycled. She finished the Boston Marathon and Eugene Marathon events several times, and she also ran Eugene’s difficult Butte to Butte 10K in 2023, when she was 77.
Her son, Ben Schuman, told Lookout Eugene-Springfield, “She definitely lived a full life. But she still had a lot left to give.”
Stolarczyk and Schuman’s circles overlapped. Schuman played the violin multiple times at The Shedd Institute. Stolarczyk’s firm, Robertson Sherwood Architects PC, was working on a multi-year renovation of The Shedd.
Jim Ralph, executive director of The Shedd, said he knew Schuman for 45 years, and he’s known Stolarczyk for 25.
“We’re extremely sad about Sharon,” he said. “We’re extremely sad about Scott. Everybody is deeply affected by it.” Ralph said it was unlikely that Schuman and Stolarczyk knew each other.
A memorial service for Schuman was held May 5 at the Wildish Theater in Springfield.
