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Cudahy, Wisconsin ( WISN ) — An 89-year-old woman has been charged with felony hit-and-run after a crash last month in Cudahy.

A 9-year-old girl was crossing the street on Oct. 28 when she was struck by a car in the crosswalk, and the driver did not stop.

Prosecutors on Monday charged Darlene Adam of Milwaukee with hit-and-run causing injury.

The incident happened at the intersection of East Ramsey and South Swift avenues near J.E. Jones Elementary School in Cudahy.

Cudahy police later caught up with Adam after finding the vehicle two blocks away at Aurora St. Luke’s South Shore hospital, about two blocks away from the school, where she told police she had an appointment.

According to the police, Adam told officers that she had struck either a r

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