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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

At approximately 3:00 p.m. on November 18, 2008, D.C. and K.M., both 12 years old, were walking home from school. As the girls entered the crosswalk at the intersection of Pershing and Picardy/Acacia, they were hit by a car driven by defendant. Defendant’s driver’s license had been suspended and her car registration expired. D.C. landed in the gutter. Defendant stopped the car momentarily and, through an open window, asked if the girls were okay. When neither girl responded, defendant drove away. Alan M. was stopped at the intersection of Picardy and Pershing at the time of the collision. Although he did not see defendant’s car hit the girls, he saw D.C. lying on the ground immediately after the collision. In spite of “No Parking” signs posted on Picardy, Alan M. parked his car near the sidewalk and helped K.M. pull D.C. out of the street and onto the sidewalk. He called 911 and instructed K.M. to run to a nearby fire station to get help, which she did. Emergency fire crews arrived on the scene within minutes, and firefighters began to treat D.C., who was in and out of consciousness. Bobby J. and his son were sitting in a car waiting for the stoplight at the…