A SOQUEL WOMAN HAS PLEADED “NO CONTEST” TO CHARGES SHE CAUSED THE DEATH OF A BICYCLIST IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY LAST SUMMER. SUNDARA JOY WERTZ HIT AND KILLED 31 YEAR-OLD NOEL HAMILTON AROUND 10 P.M. JUNE 27TH, AS HE RODE HIS BICYCLE ON SOQUEL-SAN JOSE ROAD NEAR O’NEILL LANE. WERTZ INITIALLY DROVE AWAY FROM THE SCENE OF THE FATAL ACCIDENT, BUT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO IT BY HER PARENTS. WERTZ HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO A 3 YEAR CONDITIONAL SENTENCE, AND HAS ALSO BEEN ORDERED TO SERVE 630 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND PAY RESTITUTION TO HAMILTON’S FAMILY.
