BARTLETT — The elderly woman who struck and killed an 83-year-old Jackson bicyclist with her SUV on Route 16 in Intervale last year pleaded guilty to negligent homicide Monday in Carroll County Superior Court.
The incident occurred May 27, 2020. Jean Melczarek, now 88, of Bartlett was indicted on felony-level negligent homicide in October of that year.Â
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