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Authorities Confirm Passing of Hit-And-Run Victim

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Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan and Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas have confirmed that Dorothy Steele, 77, of Cambridge, the victim of a hit and run crash on Sunday, February 28, 2016, has died. Steele was on Columbia Street, Cambridge, in her wheelchair when she was struck and transported to Massachusetts General Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.



The driver of the vehicle that struck her has been identified as Henry Park, 62, of Somerville.  Park has now been charged with Leaving the Scene of a Personal Injury Causing Death.  An arraignment date has yet to be scheduled.   

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