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Guilty plea in fatal 2012 crash that killed woman

Saskatoon man pleads guilty in 2012 crash that killed a 73-year-old woman. Vytai Brannan / Global News

SASKATOON – A Saskatoon man has pleaded guilty in a 2012 crash that left a woman dead.

Joseph Ledoux pleaded guilty to dangerous operation of a motor vehicle in court on Monday on what was supposed to be the first day of his trial.

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Ledoux was charged after he struck a 73-year-old woman crossing the intersection at Fairlight Drive and Gropper Crescent on July 21, 2012.

She was taken to hospital with head injuries and a broken leg but died almost a month later.

Ledoux, who was 21 at the time, was also charged with impaired driving causing bodily harm, refusing to give a breath sample and failing to yield to a pedestrian.

Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 26, 2015.

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