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January 28, 2008

Accused hit-and-run driver pleads not guilty

A Rhode Island man accused of fatally hitting a woman as she walked down a Seekonk, Mass., street with her daughter pleaded not guilty today to motor vehicle homicide in Superior Court.

Police say after driving into 38-year-old Maria Aguiar on Oct. 14, Laudalino Camara drove off. The next day, prosecutors say, Camara’s wife staged an accident to account for the damage to the GMC Yukon.

Camara, of 626 Prospect St., Pawtucket, was arrested Nov. 9 at his Seekonk business, American Granite, on Old Fall River Avenue.

At his arraignment in New Bedford Superior Court this morning, Camara pleaded not guilty to motor vehicle homicide and to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident, death resulting.

He was released after posting $125,000 cash bail, and is due back in court for procedural matters March 27.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson, with reports from Journal staff writer Meaghan Wims

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