Eugene Man Convicted in Fatal Drunken Driving Crash on Amazon Trail
EUGENE, Ore. — Scott Shawn Stolarczyk , now 52, was found guilty today in Lane County Circuit Court on charges of Manslaughter in the Second Degree and Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants in connection with the death of 79-year-old Sharon Johnson Schuman. Stolarczyk was placed in the Lane County Jail following the verdict. He is scheduled for sentencing on April 8, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. The conviction on second-degree manslaughter carries a Measure 11 mandatory minimum sentence of 6 years, 3 months in prison. The verdict stems from a deadly incident on the morning of April 23, 2025, when Stolarczyk, driving a Toyota RAV4 northbound on the “S curves” in the 2500 block of Amazon Parkway, lost control of his vehicle. The SUV veered over a curb, crossed a grassy area, struck Schuman as she was on the Amazon bark path (also known as the Amazon Running Path or Trail), then hit a tree and rolled into the Amazon slough. Schuman, a former University of Oregon professor, respected ...