RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - An 84-year-old North Carolina motorist has been sentenced for hitting and killing a child at a school bus stop.
WRAL-TV reported that Geraldine Baron Deitz of Raleigh was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months' probation. Deitz must pay a $500 fine and give up her driver's license for one year after her car struck and killed 6-year-old Ashley Ramos-Hernandez in August.
The girl had gotten off the school bus and was crossing the street when she was hit by Deitz's sport utility behicle.
A police report indicated that Deitz told police the school bus had not activated all its warning signals. Witnesses, though, told police that the signals and markers were properly activated.
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Information from: WRAL-TV, http://www.wral.com
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