Woman Cleared in Fatal Car Wreck after GM Letter

CANTON (AP/Staff) � A Texas judge has cleared a woman accused in a fatal wreck after General Motors acknowledged her car would�ve been among millions recalled for an ignition switch problem that may have contributed to the death. Candice Anderson pleaded guilty to charges related to a 2004 crash that severely injured her and killed her fiance, Gene Erikson. Investigators say Anderson was driving when her Saturn Ion suddenly veered off a road in Van Zandt County and hit a tree, but the air bags didn�t deploy. Court officials say a judge on Monday expunged Anderson�s record in the case, after GM said the recall condition �may have caused or contributed� to the air bags not deploying. Anderson was charged with criminally negligent homicide. She pleaded guilty to lesser charges and received five years� probation.