A 35-year-old St. Louis woman has been charged by a federal jury in a deadly hit-and-run case.
The lady is charged with armed criminal action, second-degree murder and fleeing the scene of the crash that killed the 46-year-old victim.
As per the court documents, the woman's minivan struck the victim from behind after avoiding a newspaper box, fire hydrant and streetlight. The lady failed to apply the brake before the crash although a surveillance video from an intersection where the vehicle passed earlier, showed that the brake lights were working.
The whole incident was narrated by the witness who called 911. The witness said that the driver of the minivan climbed from the driver's side of the vehicle after the crash. The police found the lady walking two blocks from the scene of the accident.
The lady even told the police that she fell asleep before the crash. The culprit lady does not yet have a lawyer to defend her side.
