SCRANTON, Pa. — Scranton police have charged 30-year-old Nicholas Ulkoski of Mayfield in connection with Thursday night's deadly hit and run.
Police said 72-year-old Ann Corbett was trying to cross the street along the intersection of North Washington Avenue and Mulberry Street near City Hall when she was struck.
She was the older sister of Lackawanna County President Judge Trish Corbett.
Newswatch 16 spoke to her cousin Jim Corbett.
"It's a tragedy for all concerns. She'll be sorely missed by everyone in our family and it's a gap that will be very difficult to fill," Jim Corbett said.
Officers said Ulkoski was driving to deliver food for DoorDash just before the crash. In court paperwork, his girlfriend told police the two smoked marijuana beforehand.
Scranton police said they used surveillance camera video to identify the vehicle quickly, but the Ulkoski turned himself in and confessed.
Ulkoski told police he didn't call 911 because he didn't have car insurance.
Corbett later died at the hospital.
She is remembered by family and friends for her kindness and her integrity.
"She was a real character. She served her country in Vietnam as a nurse and afterwards served as a nurse at White Haven Center in White Haven tending to the needs to the patients in that institution," Jim Corbett said.
"Just a very, very nice person and I'm so deeply saddened to hear that she's not with us anymore," Neighbor Jack Liptai said.
Ulkoski is free on $50,000 unsecured bail.
Corbett's funeral is scheduled for next Thursday.