STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Susanne Scheider pleaded no contest to a traffic citation for striking a pedestrian with her vehicle, killing the walker.
The crash happened on Aug. 3 at the intersection of Third Avenue and Michigan Street. When emergency personnel arrived, the woman was found lying in the south intersection, unresponsive. The 75-year-old woman later died.
Scheider pleaded no contest to a citation for failure to yield to a pedestrian, and was fined $767.50. A second citation for failing to stop at a stop sign was dismissed Monday, court records show.
Scheider said she was watching and waiting for a group of people to decide on which direction they were going to cross a different portion of that intersection. When that group made their decision, the driver proceeded to turn left from S. 3rd Avenue onto Michigan Street and headed west. The driver said she did not see the other woman in the south crosswalk who was walking from west to east and struck her, police say.
No criminal charges have been filed in the case.
