Roderick “Rory” Macleod, a Grammy-nominated musician best known for his time with the group Roomful of Blues, was hit and killed while walking his dog in Rhode Island on Dec. 6.

He was 70.

People Magazine reported that Shannon Godbout, 41, was arrested by the Hopkinton Police Department following the incident. In a release shared to Facebook , police said Hopkinton “left her lane and struck several objects, including two telephone poles.”

Police said that Macleod was walking his dogs in the eastbound lane when he was hit. He was transported to Rhode Island Hospital where he died.

Police said that Godbout was in possession of “numerous illegal narcotics and packaging materials associated with drug distribution.”

The Rhode Island State Police Accident Reconstruction Team is inve

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