An Odenton man was killed Wednesday when an allegedly intoxicated driver struck him as he put gas into his car, according to Howard police.

Luther Beamer III, 23, ran out of gas in his 2002 GMC Sierra on the right-hand shoulder of Route 32 near Deer Hill Road at the Carroll line near Sykesville, police said.

Beamer was putting fuel into his car about 11:15 p.m. when a 2002 Toyota Tacoma pickup traveling northbound struck him, police said.

Beamer was pronounced dead at Howard County General Hospital.

Beamer's passenger, Shawn Broughton, 25, could not be reached for comment.

The Tacoma driver, Aleksandr Dyubanov, 46, of Taneytown, had a blood alcohol content of .22 - more than twice the legal limit - at the time of the incident, police said.

Dyubanov was charged with driving under the influence, driving while intoxicated, manslaughter by automobile and homicide by motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, police said.

He is being held in the Howard County Detention Center on $300,000 bail.

Dyubanov does not have a previous record of traffic violations, according to court records.

But Beamer pleaded guilty in July 2007 to driving under the influence of alcohol after police stopped him on Route 424 at Seton Drive in Anne Arundel.

Beamer was given a suspended sentence of one year by an Anne Arundel District Court judge.

Charges of negligent driving and unsafe lane changing stemming from the same incident were placed on the inactive court docket, according to court records.

Beamer's family members, who live in Gerrardstown, could not be reached for comment.