ASTORIA, Ore. — A driver accused of killing a woman in a hit-and-run crash in Astoria on Sunday morning got behind the wheel with a blood-alcohol content more than four times the state’s legal limit, police say.

Mike Smith, 50, is accused of second-degree manslaughter, driving under the influence, reckless driving, reckless endangering and hit-and-run charges.

Police say Smith was driving a minivan when he struck Patricia Harrison, 77, of Astoria, at the intersection of 16th and Irving Street on Sunday morning.

Harrison was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Smith is accused of hitting another car as he drove off. An officer found his van parked in a nearby lot with one flat tire and another tire over the

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