— A 16-year-old driver faces criminal charges after a Cary woman was hit and killed by an SUV while putting out her trash Monday morning.

Jax Aiden Fuller, of 911 Vickie Drive in Cary, was charged Thursday with misdemeanor death by vehicle, reckless driving and failure to maintain his lane.

Fuller's Ford Escape ran off the right side of Castalia Drive, hit a mailbox and crossed a driveway before hitting Sandra Verastegui, according to police.

Verastegui, 52, whose Facebook page identifies her as Sandra Castillo-Olvera, was dragged about 100 feet before the SUV came to a stop, police said.

Fuller and a 16-year-old passenger weren't hurt.

Neighbors said it was only a matter of time before someone was killed along the winding street, saying they've asked Cary officials to put in speed bumps to slow drivers that sometimes use Castalia Drive as a shortcut between High House Road and NW Maynard Road.

"I have almost been hit a number of times just getting the mail out the mailbox," resident Mary Lee Bigger said Monday.

"Everybody said as soon as they heard it, honestly they weren’t surprised," Bigger said. "Isn’t that awful? But that was the first comment that we heard so many neighbors say."

The speed limit along the street is 25 mph, but Bigger said drivers "just fly down" a hill near where Verastegui was killed.