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Fatal hit and run charges dropped

Criminal charges have been dropped against the woman accused in the hit and run death of 83-year-old Julie Gillespie.

Sharon Marlene Scott, 71, was arrested less than 24 hours after Gillespie was hit while walking near an alley next to the Kelowna Daily Courier in November.

A 911 call was placed almost immediately and, while Gillespie was breathing when BC Ambulance personnel arrived, she died later in hospital from injuries suffered in the collision.

Scott was initially charged last year with with failure to stop at an accident causing bodily harm and two counts of failure to stop at an accident with a person.

Those charges have since been dropped and she now faces one count under the motor vehicle act of driving without due care and alertness.

Scott was a contracted driver with the Courier.

She will be back in court March 16. 



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