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Woman with DUI history faces six felony charges in hit-and-run fatality

(MCT) — DECATUR — A 34-year-old woman who allegedly killed a motorcyclist and fled the scene while driving drunk early Saturday is facing up to 14 years in prison after prosecutors charged her with six felony counts.

Sharon D. Wilder, who has two prior drunken driving convictions for incidents in which she was extremely impaired, was charged Thursday with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol resulting in a person’s death, aggravated driving with a blood-alcohol level greater than 0.08 percent resulting in a death, leaving the scene of a fatal accident and driving while her license is revoked, with a prior conviction for that offense.

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