A woman charged for leaving the scene of a crash that caused a woman's death and injured two others was about to plead guilty on Friday, however, the victim's family stepped in and urged a Miami-Dade judge to deny the plea deal.

Sharon Cox, 64, is currently under house arrest, but on Friday, she appeared in court after signing a 366-day prison deal negotiated by her attorneys and the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office.

"We had a signed contract. A signed plea agreement from both the state and defense for basically 10 years. It was going to be 366 days in prison. Followed by one year of community control. Followed by eight years of probation," said Andrew Rier, Cox's attorney.

However, the plea deal collapsed and was labeled a slap on the wrist by those impacted by Cox's reckless driving

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