By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 00:21 EST, 16 September 2012 | UPDATED: 00:33 EST, 16 September 2012 An elderly woman turned herself into authorities after she said she realized that she struck and killed a six-year-old boy, authorities said. Veramae C. Phillip, 83, told authorities that on September 8, she was driving along Franklinville Road in Woodstock, Illinois in the dark and the rain when she thought a branch had fallen on her car. But authorities said she had unknowingly hit and killed little Brayan Silva. Confessed: Verame C. Phillips, 83, left, turned herself in after police issued a warrant for her arrest; she was charged with the death of 6-year-old Brayan Silva after she allegedly struck him with her car and fled the scene
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Veramae C. Phillip, 83, said she wasn't sure what she hit while driving on September 8
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Weather was stormy and she thought she might have hit been a stray branch, she told police
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Allegedly struck and killed Brayan Silva, 6
There have been more than 680 fatalities this year alone on @placeholder roadways, the Illinois Department of Transportation said.