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A former Sweet Home resident, Rochelle Zamacona, was killed early Sunday morning, March 27, when a suspected drunk driver plowed a vehicle into a homeless camp in downtown Salem.

The driver, Enrique Rodriguez, Jr., 24, was arrested, following an investigation.

Zamacona was an all-league soccer player for Sweet Home as a high-schooler, who, acquaintances said, had fallen on hard times.

According to the Salem Police Department, at approximately 2 a.m. on the morning of March 27, emergency responders from the Salem Police and Fire Departments responded to the scene of a motor vehicle crash...