The man convicted of killing a local family matriarch in a hit and run in Ridgetown has been sentenced to less than a year in jail.
John Wilson, 40, of Ridgetown, was sentenced to more than 11 months in jail, according to Chatham-Kent Assistant Crown Scott Kerwin.
Wilson pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and failing to remain at the scene of a collision resulting in bodily harm in Chatham court on Friday.
An impaired driving charge was dropped in 2024 because of conflicting evidence.
The charges stem from a hit and run in late 2022 that took the life of Wendy Clark, 66, of Howard Township.
Clark was struck by a vehicle while getting out of her vehicle in broad daylight on Main Street in Ridgetown on October 19, 2022, and died two days later in hospital.
Wilson fled the scene after the collision.
