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83 Year Old Woman Turns Self in After Tragic Hit-And-Run

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83 year old Veramae Phillip turned herself in on Thursday after authorities issued a warrant for her arrest and charged her with felony counts of leaving the scene of a fatal traffic crash and failure to report a fatal traffic crash.

September 17, 2012 Updated Sep 17, 2012 at 10:32 AM PDT

A tip from an auto body shop helped police locate and charge an 83-year-old Illinois woman with a hit-and-run crash that killed a 6-year-old boy in McHenry County last weekend.

Veramae C. Phillip, 83, of Woodstock, turned herself in on Thursday after authorities issued a warrant for her arrest and charged her with felony counts of leaving the scene of a fatal traffic crash and failure to report a fatal traffic crash.

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