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New York woman struck, killed on Portland street

The Columbian
Published: December 16, 2010, 12:00am

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man has been charged with criminally negligent homicide after a New York woman was struck and killed walking her bicycle along a main Portland street.

Portland police said Thursday that 28-year-old Caleb Pruitt was also charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants in the death of 26-year-old Angela Burke.

Investigators said Pruitt was driving at a high rate of speed and appeared to lose control of his car before striking Burke and killing her just before 11 p.m. Wednesday.

No other details were immediately available.

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