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April 21, 2008

Friends recall URI student struck, killed by car

SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- More than 100 people attended a memorial service this afternoon for Mary Ellen Claire Offer, a University of Rhode Island sophomore who was struck by a car and killed while walking along Route 1A in Narragansett.

Friend after friend took the podium at the 90-minute service, held at the URI Catholic Center, to recall an always-smiling young woman who never had an unkind word to say.

"She would drop what she was doing and listen to me talk about boys, about class, about friends," said Holly Maganzini, Offer's roomate. "I know she will be watching over us."

Maganzini, who was walking with Offer, was also hit.

There have been no charges filed against the driver in the accident, which is still under investigation.

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