A West Stockbridge woman accused in the hit-and-run crash that killed Franklin Ripley said she didn't see him until the last second

Melissa Paige, of West Stockbridge, struck Franklin Ripley, 72, with a 1988 Chevrolet Sportvan as he rode an electric scooter on Route 102, according to a police report.

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PITTSFIELD — Samantha C. Paige was driving back from dinner at a pizza shop the evening of Friday, Sept. 27, when she struck something on Route 102, she told police.

"I think I might have hit somebody," she told police in an interview days later. "He was literally over the white line ..



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