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(The Oregonian/OregonLive/file)

A 37-year-old Camas, Washington man has been arrested in connection with a pedestrian fatality Friday night on Southeast Stark Street.

William Rugg

William Rugg was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on a charge of criminally negligent homicide. He will be arraigned Monday.

Rugg was driving his 1996 Ford F-150 pickup eastbound on Stark Street when he struck 75-year-old Tony Joy of Vancouver, Washington in the crosswalk near Southeast 160th Avenue, a news release says.

Joy was walking from the north side of Stark to the south side, in a marked crosswalk. A flashing beacon at the crosswalk had been activated before the crash.

After the crash, Rugg pulled into a parking lot and remained at the scene, the release says.

This is the 37th traffic fatality in Portland this year.

-- Allan Brettman