Erin Wright, the 28-year-old Toronto woman who faces charges in a hit-and-run that killed a mother of two earlier this month, made her first court appearance Sunday morning.Following the appearance a day after her arrest, Wright remained in custody. The matter will resume in court Monday morning. At her appearance at Old City Hall around 10:30 a.m., Wright was joined by two legal representatives. She wore a black sweater and glasses, her blond hair falling around her shoulders. Her lawyers declined to comment.On Oct. 4, just after 11 p.m., 63-year-old Debbie Graves of Riverside, N.B., was struck and killed on the sidewalk of York Mills Rd., west of Don Mills Rd. She was visiting Toronto for business, and was leaving a nearby restaurant with a colleague.Toronto police say Graves and her colleague were discussing the number of pedestrian fatalities in the area. The pair agreed to cross the street at a marked crosswalk.Graves was struck by the vehicle when it came onto the sidewalk. She was declared dead at the scene.Police located Wright’s vehicle — a grey 2014 Nissan Rogue — at a Toronto auto body shop on Oct 6. The vehicle had damage to the right front headlight, fog light area and right side fender areas.Wright is charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, failure to stop at the scene of an accident causing death, obstructing police and impaired driving causing death.Police say that when they contacted Wright, she allegedly would not provide information about the collision or the driver. Police say they have sufficient evidence to show that Wright was behind the wheel.—With files from Star staff
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