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Lower Merion police have identified a 75-year-old Villanova woman who they say is responsible for a hit-and-run accident on July 15 that injured a Bryn Mawr boy.
Police Superintendent Michael J. McGrath said the woman is Suzanne K. Lammers of the 1600 block of Hepburn Drive. Investigators impounded Lammers' gold 2002 Volvo station wagon, which McGrath said had damage to the windshield on the passenger side.
McGrath said that when investigators confronted Lammers, she admitted her role in the accident and told investigators she thought she had struck a deer.
The accident occurred at midday as the boy, 13, rode his bicycle west on New Gulph Road near Morris Road. After the collision, the driver didn't stop, police said.
The boy, who was not wearing a helmet, was airlifted to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in critical condition with a head injury, and now is recovering at home.
News coverage of the accident generated hundreds of tips from residents and sparked a busy two weeks for detectives, who knew from bystander reports that they were seeking a tan or gold Volvo wagon.
"Literally hundreds of possible suspect vehicles have been inspected," McGrath said. An anonymous tip pointed detectives to a garage on Hepburn Drive, where they found the vehicle yesterday, he said.
McGrath said Lammers was cooperating with police. Charges, he said, will not be filed until investigators finish processing the impounded car, likely tomorrow.
In a hit-and-run accident, the alleged driver is likely to be charged with causing an accident involving death or personal injury, a third-degree felony, and failure to render aid, a summary offense, McGrath said.
Contact staff writer Bonnie L. Cook at 610-313-8232 or bcook@phillynews.com.
