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Musician Roderick 'Rory' Macleod was hit and killed by a driver on Dec. 6

Macleod was walking his dogs when a driver left her lane and hit him with her SUV

Shannon Godbout, who has more than 100 previous arrests, was taken into police custody and subsequently transported to the hospital

A fatal crash in Rhode Island took the life of a Grammy-nominated musician.

Roderick “Rory” Macleod died on Saturday, Dec. 6 after being struck by a car in Hope Valley, R.I. while walking his dogs early in the morning, The Hopkinton Police Department shared in a press release .

Police added that the Grammy-nominated musician, 70, was transported to the Rhode Island Hospital by ambulance, but added, “Unfortunately, he succumbed to his injuries and passed away.”

The driver of the vehicle

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