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Charlotte woman to be sentenced Thursday in car crash death of pastor

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A Charlotte woman who admitted to causing a crash that killed a pastor last year is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday.

Elizabeth Meinke pleaded guilty in April to a reckless driving charge in the death of Pastor Timothy Olson.

He was killed in the crash at the intersection of Island Highway and Steward Road in Charlotte in May 2018.

Olson was a pastor at First Lutheran Church.

Meinke is scheduled to be sentenced at 11:00 a.m. Thursday morning.