Elderly driver indicted in Stoughton crash

By Abbie Ruzicka, Globe Correspondent

An 88-year-old Canton woman was indicted today on a charge of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation in the mid-June death of a 4-year-old girl in Stoughton.

Ilse Horn of Canton was charged by a grand jury in the death of Diya Patel, the Norfolk district attorney's office said this afternoon.

Patel was on a walk with her grandfather and two siblings on June 13 when Horn's car hit her while her group was crossing the street, according to Stoughton police.

Horn could face up to 2 ½ years in jail, the maximum sentence for a misdemeanor, Norfolk district attorney's spokesman David Traub said.