Motorist who struck a schoolgirl in 2019 back in court
Patrica Ann Berliner. (Photo courtesy the Flathead County Sheriff's Office)
The motorist who struck and nearly killed a girl getting home from school near Whitefish in 2019 is heading back to the courtroom after allegedly violating the terms of her deferred sentence.
Patricia Ann Berliner, 73, of Eureka, is serving a deferred six-year sentence for felony criminal endangerment after failing to stop for a school bus and striking Jordana Hubble as she crossed U.S. 93. The impact knocked the child an estimated 60 feet into a ditch and left her with a traumatic brain injury, according to court documents. Berliner ultimately pleaded guilty to the felony by way of an Alford plea and received her sentence from Judge Dan Wilson in 2021. In an Alford plea, a defendant maintains their innocence but acknowledges a jury likely would find them guilty.
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