A 33-year-old Newark woman has been arrested in the hit-and-run of an 18-year-old high school cheerleader returning home from competition last month, authorities say.
Mia'Jah Burton was charged Friday with leaving the scene of a crash resulting in serious bodily injury, assault by auto, hindering and other offenses in the Feb. 4 crash on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in New Jersey's largest city.
Investigators say the victim had just gotten off a bus in front of Arts High School, where she is enrolled, when a Kia Forte hit her. The driver fled the scene. The victim remains in critical condition, more than a month later, prosecutors said Thursday.
Burton is being held in the Essex County Correctional Facility pending a detention hearing. Information on a possible attorney for her wasn't immediately available.
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