Jeremy B. Scott

Oregon State Police arrested a Brookings man Tuesday on charges stemming from a hit-and-run incident that killed a 24-year-old man on U.S. Highway 101 between Gold Beach and Brookings Monday.

According to an OSP press release, at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Monday, troopers received a citizen’s tip that a vehicle parked at milepost 2.1 on Winchuck River Road showed fresh front collision damage consistent with media reports on the mid-morning crash.

A Curry County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to the location, about 22 miles south of the crash scene, and notified OSP after confirming the damage. After investigators arrived, they seized a 1996 Dodge Avenger and arrested Jeremy B. Scott, 25, said OSP Sgt. Scott Punch, the primary officer in the investigation.

Scott was arrested on charges of criminally negligent homicide, felony hit-and-run and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.

Scott was transported to the Curry County jail, where he is being held on $250,000 bail. He had an arraignment hearing this morning and his next court appearance is scheduled for Friday.

It was on Monday, at approximately 10:20 a.m., that troopers received a report of a dead man on the highway by milepost 349 near Whaleshead Beach Resort.

The victim, whose identity still is being withheld, was seen by a Curry County deputy pushing a shopping cart in the area about 20 minutes earlier. Punch said the man died at the scene as a result of massive blunt force trauma.

OSP Sgt. Gregg Hastings said Scott’s driving privileges had been suspended prior to the arrest.

“It is safe to say he has numerous outstanding suspensions (of his driving privileges),” Hastings said.

A spokeswoman for the Curry County Circuit Court said Scott has multiple general violations and his driving privileges have been suspended at least six times between 2002 and this year.