LEWISTON, Maine —

A driver who accused of fatally striking a woman from Massachusetts with his vehicle near a city park in Maine last week has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Lewiston Police Department told WCVB sister station WMTW.

Lionel Francisco, 31, was driving a 2013 Buick Verano that jumped a curb on Park Street at about 12:55 p.m. Friday and struck a woman who was walking along that side of Kennedy Park, according to police.

The pedestrian, Elizabeth Camacho, was initially taken to Central Maine Medical Center and later airlifted to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where she died of her injuries.

Police said Camacho was visiting Maine and is a resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

According to police, Francisco was operating on a learner's permit an

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