46-year-old woman dies at hospital from injuries sustained in Spokane Valley hit-and-run

Garrett Cabeza, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
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Feb. 15—A woman who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash last month in Spokane Valley has died at the hospital from her injuries, according to Spokane Valley police.

The woman was identified as 46-year-old Maegan Engh in court documents and by the Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office. Engh died Tuesday, the medical examiner's office said.

Investigators say 64-year-old John Townshend struck Engh, a pedestrian, the night of Jan. 24 with a 2014 Jeep Wrangler in the 5200 block of East Broadway Avenue, near the Spokane County Fairgrounds. Townshend then drove away .

Townshend was booked into the Spokane County Jail five days after the crash on suspicion of felony hit-and-run with injury and an unrelated misdemeanor warrant.

Investigators requested this week Townshend's charge be upgraded to hit-and-run causing death, according to a Spokane Valley police news release.

Townshend remained in the Spokane County Jail Thursday on a $27,750 bond, including $25,000 for the alleged hit-and-run. He is set for trial April 8.