MORROW COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - A man was hit and killed by a semi truck after his car broke down on an on-ramp to I-84 late Friday night, according to the Oregon State Police (OSP).

OSP says the crash happened shortly before midnight on Friday, on the milepost 159 on-ramp in Morrow County.

The victim, identified as 38-year-old Austin Scott Yager of Bend, was driving a Volkswagen Jetta when a “mechanical failure” occurred on the on-ramp, an investigation found.

The failure caused the car to stop in the roadway, and rendered the car’s lights inoperable.

According to OSP, Yager was outside of the car when he was struck and killed by the passing semi.

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