A Rhode Island woman who struck and killed a well-known local musician with her vehicle last weekend had over 100 prior arrests on her record, authorities say.

Police in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, say 70-year-old Roderick Macleod was walking his dogs around 7:21 a.m. on Saturday morning when he was hit and killed by an SUV on Route 138.

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The driver, 41-year-old Shannon Godbout, was reportedly driving east when she left her travel lane and struck multiple objects, including two telephone poles, before hitting Macleod, who was walking in the shoulder of the eastbound lane with his dogs.

Macleod, of Richmond, was taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where he died from his injuries. He was a well-known local musician who re

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