Woman driver in Matilda's Corner fatal crash goes to prison

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Woman driver in Matilda's Corner fatal crash goes to prison

A woman who was convicted in 2015 of causing death by dangerous driving on Friday lost her appeal of a one-year prison sentence.Ann-Marie Williams, a senior communications professional, was charged in January 2011 after her car slammed into a bus stop on Old Hope Road in the vicinity of Matilda's Corner Police Station, killing two people and injuring others.

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