Susan was crossing N. Sherman Avenue at the intersection with Vahlen Street when she was struck & killed by a car driven
by Marjorie Speranza (76) that had run the stop sign on Vahlen, and was traveling at a high rate of speed. Speranza did not stop,
and it took 10 weeks 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.
