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A woman charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run last year in Midvale has resolved the case with a plea deal.

Mika Lindquist, 31, was charged with failure to remain at an accident involving a death, a third-degree felony, as well as theft pursuant to a rental agreement, a second-degree felony, and obstructing justice, a third-degree felony.

Last month, Lindquist pleaded guilty to the failure-to-remain count and to a reduced class A misdemeanor count of theft pursuant to a rental agreement. The obstructing justice count was dismissed.

She also pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drug possession charge from an unrelated case involving methamphetmine, court documents show.

Lindquist is to be sentenced on Sept. 9 by 3rd District Judge Katie Bernards-Goodman.

The failure-to-remain count is punishable by up to five years in prison, but plea documents indicate prosecutors will recommend probation, rather than prison time.

On Sept. 24, Lindquist fled after allegedly hitting and fatally injuring 56-year-old Ronald Renfro as he crossed 7200 South near 35 West in Midvale.

After Lindquist was arrested in October, she told police that the sun was in her eyes and that she felt her car hit something, according to charging documents.

"She stopped and got out of her car and looked back to see a group of people around what she hit and realized it was a person she had hit," charges state. "Knowing she had hit a person, Lindquist got back into her car and left the scene."

Two days after the crash, witnesses told police that they saw Lindquist park the car and that the plate number had been changed, the charges add.

Officers determined the car was a rental. An employee of the rental business told police that Lindquist rented the car on Sept. 6 and was supposed to return it on Sept. 8. She allegedly called the company on Sept. 11 and said that the car had been taken from her.