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.