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Charges deferred for woman, 84, in car crash that killed 3

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OCONTO, Wis. (AP) -- Prosecutors have agreed to defer charges against an 84-year-old woman behind the wheel in a crash that killed her husband and two others in Oconto County.
 
There are conditions attached to the agreement, which will drop Thelma Yashinsky's charges if she complies.
 
Yashinksy must not commit a crime for three years, must not drive a vehicle outside a two-mile radius from her home and must provide a letter from her physician twice over the next two years stating there aren't any medical reasons she shouldn't drive.
 
Prosecutors may re-open the case if Yashinksy fails to do any of those tasks within three years.
 
Court documents say Yashinsky drove through a stop sign Oct. 24, 2015, colliding with another vehicle. Her husband, 91-year-old Edward Yashinsky, along with 96-year-old Leora Raisler and 89-year-old Grace Hyland, were killed.