Fotu Tuli Leiato, 21, who was dismissed from the team in late April after he was arrested for allegedly removing a parking boot from a vehicle, was killed in the accident. Police said Leiato’s body was found by a passerby several hours later at the crash scene. The driver of the vehicle, Pedro Chavarin Jr., 22, said he was the lone occupant of the vehicle, KEZI reported.<doc-sep>A body found in Eugene was identified as a former Oregon football player. EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Police in Oregon have identified the body of a man found after a car crash near a university's football stadium as a former University of Oregon football player. Police in Eugene late Friday said the body of 21-year-old Fotu Tuli Leiato was found in brush hours after a rollover crash in which the suspected drunken driver said he was not carrying any passengers. Police say the Kia sedan driven by 22-year-old Pedro Chavarin crashed at 2:30 a.m. Friday. Chavarin was arrested for first-degree manslaughter. After sunrise, a woman walking near the area noticed a hand poking out of the brush. Police responded and found the body. Investigators determined Leiato had been a passenger in the vehicle. Leiato was dismissed from the team after being arrested in April for allegedly removing a parking boot from a vehicle. Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens and head football coach Mario Cristobal released a statement on Saturday: “We are saddened to learn of the passing of Fotu, and our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time. He will be remembered and missed by all who knew him.”<doc-sep>The Telegraph Two of the surprise packages of this clay-court season have been British – initially Dan Evans, who made a deep run in Monte Carlo, and more lately Cameron Norrie, who played his second final in three weeks on Sunday. Unfortunately, Norrie wasn’t able to land a maiden ATP title in Lyon. But then he was up against Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has been the dominant force of 2021 outside the slams, and now stands at No 1 in the table of most rankings points gained since January 1. Nevertheless, it had been a hugely creditable effort for Norrie to go this far, especially when you consider that he took out top seed Dominic Thiem on Thursday, and then trounced big-hitting Russian Karen Khachanov in Saturday’s semi-final, losing only two games in the process. Norrie has come to clay late in his career, but it feels like this is developing into his favourite surface. He has one of the heaviest left-handed forehands in the game, loaded with top-spin, and uses it like a miniature version of Rafael Nadal. The result has been a tally of 14 wins and only four losses since he began his European clay-court swing in Barcelona. So while the French Open, which starts next Sunday, has traditionally been a graveyard of British hopes, there are reasons to hope that this year’s event could deliver some more positive results. Norrie’s previous final in Estoril had been a nervewracking affair which he eventually lost on a deciding-set tie-break to the more experienced Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Sunday was more straightforward for Tsitsipas, who needed only 69 minutes to hammer home a 6-3, 6-3 victory. It was Tsitsipas’ second title of the clay-court sequence, after he won Monte Carlo in mid-April, taking out Evans in the semi-final along the way. He has become a serious contender to upset the establishment – specifically Nadal and Novak Djokovic – at Roland Garros over the next few weeks. “I felt in good shape from the beginning of the tournament,” said Tsitsipas afterwards. “I am proud of today’s match, I knew it would be a difficult one against Cameron, who has been showing great tennis this week. He has been winning against good players and showing what the left hand can do on clay. “It was not an easy match today. I had to handle the nerves and I am proud of my performance and the way I stayed focused towards my goal.” On this year’s results, meanwhile, both Evans and Norrie stand among the world’s 20 most successful men. Evans is at No 16 and Norrie No 14. The next challenge for them both is to convert that ATP Tour form into a deep run at a major.<doc-sep>Former Ducks linebacker Fotu Tuli Leiato was found dead near the site of a Friday morning car crash, police said Friday evening. Eugene police identified the body of the 21-year-old University of Oregon student after a woman walking past the crash scene noticed a hand protruding from nearby bushes near Autzen Stadium, according to police. Police first responded to a roll-over crash involving a single vehicle around 2:30 a.m. Friday on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Kinsrow Avenue. The driver of the 2014 Kia Sedan, 22-year-old Pedro Chavarin Jr., told police he was alone when he rolled the car off the road and into some bushes. He was later cited him for driving under the influence of intoxicants, police said. Leiato spent three seasons playing for Oregon before he was dismissed from the team in May. His junior year, he recorded 14 tackles. Toronto Argonauts quarterback Dakota Prokop, a former Ducks player, remembered Leiato on Twitter Saturday. "A brother gone to soon. It was a pleasure playing with a warrior like you. Rest easy Fotu Leiato!" he wrote. A brother gone to soon. It was a pleasure playing with a warrior like you. Rest easy Fotu Leiato! pic.twitter.com/QvQk1osUa8 — Dakota Prukop (@DakotaPrukop) June 16, 2018 "Rest In Peace to the fellow USO and the greatest hudl player of all time, I am glad I had the honor to say I meet him and talk to him ... FLY HIGH USO," tweeted DJ Uiagalelei, a quarterback for St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California. Rest In Peace to the fellow USO and the greatest hudl player of all time, I am glad I had the honor to say I meet him and talk to him... FLY HIGH USO 🙌🏽 FOTU LEIATO ll https://t.co/LGcfq9flgK — 🌟 DJ Uiagalelei 🌟 (@DJUiagalelei) June 16, 2018 Leiato's dismissal from the University of Oregon team came following his April arrest in Eugene when Leiato was charged with theft, criminal trespassing and criminal mischief. In January he was also arrested and booked on a misdemeanor trespassing charge. --Anna Spoerre<doc-sep>
Rick Scuteri/Associated Press Former Oregon Ducks linebacker Fotu Leiato died at the age of 22 on Friday after he was a passenger in a single-car crash. ESPN's Mark Schlabach provided the police statement, which said the crash happened near Oregon's Autzen Stadium around 5:31 a.m. on Friday. Via Schlabach, the driver, Pedro Chavarin Jr., initially told police that he was the only person in the vehicle. He was taken to a hospital and cited for DUI. It wasn't until about four hours later that Leiato was discovered, when a woman walking near the scene of the crash "spotted a hand and brush over a person down a gravel path." Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal and athletic director Rob Mullens issued a statement on the death of the former Ducks player, per Tyson Alger of The Oregonian: "We are saddened to learn of the passing of Fotu, and our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time. He will be remembered and missed by all who knew him." Leiato played three seasons for Oregon. After arriving on campus as a linebacker, the 5'11", 198-pound Leiato got involved on special teams as a true freshman and ultimately shifted to safety as a sophomore. Last season, he had 14 total tackles, including one for a loss, as well as one pass defended. Leiato was dismissed from the team last month following his second arrest of the year. A January arrest on a misdemeanor trespassing charge was followed by separate theft, criminal trespassing and criminal charges in April.