ROSWELL, Ga. — A Roswell firefighter is accused of hitting a woman who was on her daily jog earlier this month, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Bonnie Abraham-Mikami was jogging on Old Alabama Road and was in a crosswalk when a truck making a turn hit her around 9 a.m. on July 13.
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The truck’s driver, Ronnie Harper, remained at the scene. He works for the Roswell Fire Department, according to the AJC.
Abraham-Mikami was rushed to the hospital, where she died.
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Harper is now facing charges of second-degree homicide and failure to yield at a crosswalk.
Abraham-Mikami was fluent in Japanese and was a self-employed translator in the legal field, according to a GoFundMe set up by her sister. She was also a single mother of two grown sons, 32-year-old Jintaro and 28-year-old Keitaro.
“They were her greatest joy and she devoted her life to them,” her sister wrote. “She raised them and put them through college by working as a self-employed translator/re-writer, primarily focused on managing complex litigation cases which utilized her fluency in Japanese.”
Rose Abraham said her sister did not have insurance. The GoFundMe has raised nearly $20,000 for her sons.
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