A 57-year-old Eugene man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty Monday, June 8, to criminally negligent homicide in connection with a three-vehicle collision that killed a Springfield man on Interstate 5 south of Goshen last summer.
Kennith James Nelsen also pleaded guilty in Lane County Circuit Court to fourth-degree assault and recklessly endangering another person, both misdemeanors tied to the collision.
Kenneth Nicholas Thomas, 61, died at the scene of the 8 a.m. crash on July 29, 2025, state police said at the time…