Police upgrade charges against woman accused in hit-and-run to 2nd-degree murder

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August 26, 2024 at 1:15 p.m.·1 min read

A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary vehicle. (Curtis Hicks/CBC - image credit)

A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary vehicle.

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary have upgraded their charges against a woman accused of hitting a man with her car. (Curtis Hicks/CBC)

A pedestrian struck in an alleged hit-and-run last week in St. John's has died, and the woman accused of hitting with her car has now been charged with second-degree murder.

Police say the 36-year-old woman was the driver of a grey Honda Civic that struck a 41-year-old man on Aug. 16 in the area of Golf Avenue, where police found him, seriously injured, lying in the roadway. He was taken to the Health Sciences Centre but succumbed to his injuries Saturday around 5:30 a.m.

Police say the man and woman knew each other. She was arrested in St. John's on Aug. 17 and remains in custody.

Formerly charged with attempted murder, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and failure to stop at the scene of a collision, the woman is now charged with second-degree murder, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and failure to remain at the scene of a motor vehicle collision.

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