Fatal accident costs driver, 84, her license for a year

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84-year old who ran over child at bus stop found guilty

An 84-year-old Raleigh woman must pay $500 and surrender her driver’s license for one year, a sentence stemming from the death of a 6-year-old child struck and killed at a school bus stop this summer.

Geraldine Deitz was found guilty of misdemeanor death by vehicle and passing a stopped school bus. She must also pay $130 in court costs and undergo a medical review before getting a new license, said Assistant District Attorney Mark Stevens. She will serve 18 months of unsupervised probation, and a 45-day jail sentence was suspended.

Ashley Ramos-Hernandez was a student at Green Elementary. She died in August after stepping off a school bus and getting hit by a sport utility vehicle driven by Deitz, police said. Her death heightened concerns about the safety of North Hills Drive a wide, hilly, winding road with a 35-mph speed limit that residents say drivers rarely obey.

Child's death leaves driver, 83, stunned

The elderly woman charged with running over and killing a 6-year-old Green Elementary School student has been distraught and overcome with sadness since last week's accident.

"She wonders how a person can go on living after killing a child," Joel Deitz said Sunday about his mother, Geraldine Deitz, 83.

Deitz asked her son three years ago to confront her if her driving became questionable as she aged.

Child, 6, dies after being struck by car

RALEIGH — A 6-year-old girl was struck and killed this afternoon by a sport utility vehicle while crossing a North Raleigh intersection, police reported.

The child, Ashley E. Ramos Hernand, of 1917-B North Hills Drive, died of her injuries , according to a Raleigh Police Department accident report.

The report also stated that Geraldine Baron Deitz, the 83-year-old driver of the vehicle that struck the child, has been charged by police with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and passing a stopped school bus.

Hundreds mourn 6-year-old girl

Hundreds of emotional friends, family members, school employees, parents and students mourned the loss of Ashley Ramos-Hernandez at a memorial service at St. Raphael's Catholic Church Monday morning, just five days after the first-grader's tragic death.

A SUV struck and killed the 6-year-old Green Elementary student after she walked off of a school bus in front of her home at the intersection of North Hills and Hillock Drives last week while her father watched from across the street.

Some of Ashley's playmates sobbed Monday when they walked by the small, white casket that carried their friend. Others were too young to fully comprehend the tragedy.

Girl, 6, fatally struck at Raleigh bus stop

A 6-year-old girl died Wednesday after being struck as she left her school bus by an 83-year-old woman's sport utility vehicle.

Ashley E. Ramos-Hernandez, a student at year-round Green Elementary School who lived at 1917-B North Hills Drive, died from injuries she suffered in the accident, which happened about 1:30 p.m. near North Hills and Hillock drives, according to a Raleigh Police Department accident report.

Geraldine Baron Deitz, the driver of the vehicle that struck the child, has been charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and passing a stopped bus, according to police spokesman Jim Sughrue.