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Virginia Beach woman sentenced after hitting jogger with car, fleeing scene

Posted at 11:25 AM, Apr 03, 2019
and last updated 2019-04-03 11:26:08-04

Alexis Rummel

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – A Virginia Beach woman accepted full responsibility to fleeing the scene after hitting a jogger with her car in September2018.

Alexis Rummel pleaded guilty to felony hit-and-run of a pedestrian where the jogger sustained injuries including two broken ankles, two broken ribs, a cracked vertebrae and her a swollen face.

The 29-year-old said in court that she fled the scene because she was scared and panicked.

On Tuesday, Rummel was sentenced to one year in prison.