A Grammy-nominated Rhode Island musician was killed at the weekend after being struck by a vehicle whose driver has a long history of arrests and warrants, according to authorities.
Officers were called to the scene at about 7:21 a.m. for what was initially reported as a single-vehicle crash, but they soon discovered that a pedestrian had been struck.
Police identified the suspected driver as 41-year-old Shannon N. Godbout of Hopkinton. Investigators believe Godbout was traveling eastbound when she veered from her lane, hit multiple objects, including two telephone poles, and then collided with MacLeod. He was taken by ambulance to Rhode Island Hospital, where he later died.
MacLeod earned a Grammy nomination in the 1980s for his work with the acclaimed jump-blues band Roomful of Blues and was inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2012. In addition to performing, he served as a teaching associate at Brown University and co-directed the school’s Old-Time String Band.
