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Leicester woman charged in fatal Worcester hit-and-run

WORCESTER, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) --  A 24-year-old Leicester woman accused of fatally hitting an 83-year-old pedestrian with her car before taking off turned herself in Tuesday.

Elizabeth Marc-Aurele went to the Worcester Police Department along with her lawyer. Marc-Aurele was placed under arrest after she was interviewed about the fatal April 12 hit-and-run.

Worcester police responded to 995 Main Street just before 3 a.m. on April 12 to find an elderly man, later identified as Albert Sescilla, of Worcester, lying by the northbound curb.

Sescilla was transported to UMass Memorial Medical Center where he died.

Marc-Aurele is charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injury or death, failure to file an accident report, failure to slow for a pedestrian in the roadway, operating negligently as to endanger, and manslaughter while operating under the influence.