Arrest made in deadly hit-and-run crash in Somerton section of Philadelphia

Saturday, December 21, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police say a person is in custody in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed an 82-year-old woman last week in Somerton.

According to authorities, Romualda Gulbiniene, 67, of Richboro, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged with careless driving, failure to yield to a pedestrian and accidents involving death while not properly licensed.

The fatal crash happened at about 6 p.m. on December 12 in the 11800 block of Bustleton Avenue, in front of the Leo Shopping Center.
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Eighty-two-year-old Yulia Sherman, a mother of two and grandmother of five, was in the crosswalk when she was hit, according to police.
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Good Samaritans tried to perform CPR on the Ukraine native, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to police, Gulbiniene has no previous arrests.
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