Carlock woman gets probation after pedestrian crash

Posted on April 13, 2018

Deja Olive, 21, was sentenced on Wednesday to two years probation. (Photo courtesy McLean County Jail)

By Eric Stock

BLOOMINGTON – A Carlock woman has been sentenced to two years probation for a hit-and-run pedestrian crash in Normal last summer.

Deja Olive, 21, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to felony charges in McLean County court.

Olive was behind the wheel of a car that struck a man in the 1600 block of North Main Street last July. The 34-year-old victim was treated at a local hospital.

Police later recovered Olive’s car in the parking lot of a business in west Normal. Olive was arrested at a home in Carlock and was charged with failing to provide information to police.

Eric Stock can be reached at [email protected].

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