Woman Killed by Hit and Run Driver Who Claimed Wasn't in Area
Oct 29, 2003 - Madison, WI
Susan Quigley was crossing N. Sherman Avenue at the intersection with Vahlen Street when she was struck & killed by a car driven by Marjorie Speranza
that had run the stop sign on Vahlen, and was traveling at a high rate of speed. Speranza did not stop, and it took more than a month to track her down.
Speranza maintained that she was not on Madison's North Side that night and never drove at night because of her poor eyesight; however, police learned
that just before the crash she had been at dinner with friends at the Esquire Club just a few blocks away. Police also had the side mirror of Speranza's
Toyota Camry which was broken off at the crash scene.
Speranza was found guilty of hit-and-run. The judge Ordered her to spend a year at home on electronic monitoring and never again drive a car. He also
ordered that she visit Quigley's grave during the anniversary week of her death.
