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80yo to plead guilty over Canberra car crash that killed 4yo boy
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- The boy died after he was struck by a car at Mawson shopping centre in January.
- Maureen Brew has been charged with culpable driving causing death and a backup charge of negligent driving causing death over the incident in January.
- Police allege the woman was driving a blue hatchback when it hit the child before continuing into a shopfront at the Southlands Shopping Centre in Mawson, just before 10:30am on January 18.
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The boy died after he was struck by a car at Mawson shopping centre in January. (ABC News: Matt Roberts)
Link copied Share Share article An 80-year-old woman is expected to plead guilty to culpable driving causing death over a crash at a Canberra shopping centre that killed a four-year-old boy.
Maureen Brew has been charged with culpable driving causing death and a backup charge of negligent driving causing death over the incident in January.
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