Woman charged Needham hit-and-run death

(Courtesy WBZ-TV)

Jane Goodman at her arraignment today in Dedham District Court.

By John C. Drake, Globe Staff

A Dedham woman was arraigned this morning on charges that she drove into a 67-year-old Framingham man while he was crossing a street in Needham last night.

Jane Goodman, 72, pleaded not guilty in Dedham District Court. She faces charges of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation, leaving the scene of an incident causing personal injury and death, and negligent operation of a motor vehicle, the Norfolk County district attorney's office said.

Police have said Goodman was driving her Saab west on Great Plain Avenue when she struck Michael Dorfman in the crosswalk at Glendoon Road at about 6 p.m. and did not stop.

Goodman was found in Wellesley after police received calls of a car being driven erratically.

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