A man has been charged after two sisters, known for their love of animals, were struck and killed by a vehicle in rural Chatham-Kent while trying to rescue a turtle this spring.
A man has been charged after two sisters, known for their love of animals, were struck and killed by a vehicle in rural Chatham-Kent while trying to rescue a turtle this spring.
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A Raleigh Township man, 24, who wasn’t identified, was charged last week with two counts of careless driving causing death in connection with the deadly May 18 collision, Chatham-Kent police said in a release Tuesday. He is to appear in provincial offenses court Dec. 17.
Sisters Teresa Suliga, of Blenheim, and Elizabeth Seremak, of Cambridge, were walking along Charing Cross Road near Horton Line when they were hit, police have said.
“Emergency personnel attempted lifesaving measures, but the women. . . 66 (and) 68. . . succumbed to their injuries,” police said.
Suliga’s neighbor, Shelley Webster, said when she heard her close friend was trying to rescue a turtle when she died, “I thought, ‘That’s just like Teresa.’ ”
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If Suliga saw any “animal in distress, she was there right away, quick,” she added.
Suliga and her dog, Kaya, often would go for walks and Suliga loved to see the deer, rabbits and even coyotes.
Webster said Seremak often visited her sister in Blenheim.
“They were like best friends. . . the two of them were like two peas on a pod,” Webster said. “They were very close.”
Suliga also loved to experience new things, travel and garden, her obituary said.
“Elizabeth was known for her generous heart and helping spirit,” Seremak’s obituary said. “She loved to spend time with her family and especially her treasured grandchildren.”
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