PAOLA — A Paola woman has been charged in Paola Municipal Court in connection with a traffic accident that killed a nine-year-old Paola girl Sept. 21. The Miami County Republic reports that Autumn Bassett, 33, Paola was charged with speeding, inattentive driving and operating a motor vehicle without insurance. Nine-year-old Johnna Feugate and her twin sister Christina were riding the same bicycle along Maple Street in Paola. Paola police said the girls didn’t stop at a stop sign at the Osage Street intersection, and they were struck by an SUV driven by Bassett. Both sisters were taken by helicopter to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, where Johnna later died. Bassett’s first appearance in municipal court will be Dec. 13.
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