A Grammy-nominated musician was struck and killed by a driver with more than 100 arrests and dozens of traffic violations in Rhode Island, police said.

Roderick Macleod, 70, was a member of the band Roomful of Blues in the 1980s and received a Grammy nomination for his work with them. He was inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2014, according to local media reports .

Macleod was walking his dogs when he was hit by a car on Saturday, the Hopkinton Police Department said in a news release . The alleged driver was identified by police as as Shannon Godbout. She was 41, CBS Boston reported , and was driving recklessly.

Godbout was allegedly traveling eastbound when she left her lane and struck several objects, including two telephone poles, police said, and Macleod wa

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