Pedestrian Joseph LePage, 24, killed and alleged hit-and-run driver Kristen Hodak, 29, charged in collision on Cummings Road in Portland, Maine
Police: Drunken driver fatally hits pedestrian in South Portland
It was around 12:07 a.m. when a 24-year-old man from Hollis was walking along Cummings Road, near the rear entrance to the Target in South Portland, when he was apparently struck by a car driven by Hodak.
Alleged drunk driver fatally hits pedestrian in South Portland
Police say Hodak hit and killed 24-year-old Joseph LePage on Cummings Road just after midnight Sunday.
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