CANTON ‒ Canton police say they have identified the suspect in a hit-skip crash that killed a 45-year-old woman walking across Tuscarawas Street W near Arlington Avenue on Sept. 26.

Police said on Oct. 6 that a warrant has been filed for the suspect, a 31-year-old Massillon woman, who is charged with leaving the scene of an accident, a felony of the third degree. The suspect's vehicle has been recovered.

Police say she drove the first of two vehicles that hit Erica N. Wynn, a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee that was eastbound on Tuscarawas. Wynn was walking north across the road. She was thrown into the westbound lane where she then struck a silver 2018 Honda Civic.

Wynn was taken to nearby Aultman Hospital, where she died from her injuries. The motorists were not injured.

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