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Woman charged after striking 5 pedestrians with car in Northeast Philadelphia, police say

Three-car crash injures 2 in Center City, Passover begins Monday at sundown | Digital Brief
Three-car crash injures 2 in Center City, Passover begins Monday at sundown | Digital Brief 02:15

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A 45-year-old woman was charged after she struck five pedestrians with a car in a Northeast Philadelphia grocery store parking lot, police said on Tuesday. 

The incident happened on Monday afternoon on the 6300 block of Oxford Avenue in a ShopRite parking lot. 

Police identified the woman as 45-year-old Omobolanle Paige and charged her with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, assault by vehicle and more. 

Three of the five people struck were taken to local hospitals, including a 76-year-old woman, with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. 

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