SEATTLE (AP) — A 34-year-old Seattle man accused of fatally injuring a 91-year-old pedestrian as he backed his pickup truck into a parking space has been charged with vehicular homicide.
Court papers filed Thursday in King County Superior Court say Shawn Shipp struck Marie Fite as she walked on a sidewalk Monday in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Senior Deputy Prosecutor Amy Freedheim says a witness told police that after Shipp parked he got out of his vehicle and tried to yank the woman out from under the truck. Court papers say he then tried to walk away but was stopped by police.
Fite died a few hours later of multiple injuries.
Shipp has also been charged with driving with a suspended license.
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Information from: The Seattle Times, http://www.seattletimes.com
