In the days after a woman was struck and killed by a vehicle on Riverwood Avenue, city police have reviewed video footage and heard from witnesses who have provided additional information about the incident.

The alleged drive, Marlynn Elias, 48, of Bowling Green, is in Warren County Regional Jail on charges of leaving the scene of an accident/failure to render aid or assistance with death or serious physical injury and no operator’s license.

Elias is accused of being behind the wheel of an SUV that struck Kimberly Howard, 69, of Bowling Green, Saturday evening in the 100 block of Riverwood Avenue.

Howard was pronounced dead later that night at The Medical Center.

Police allege that Elias left the scene after hitting Howard, only to return about 1 1/2 hours later, after which she gave a statement to the Bowling Green Police Department and was arrested.

Elias appeared Wednesday for a preliminary hearing in Warren District Court, and her case was bound over to a grand jury by Warren District Judge Kim Geoghegan.

BGPD Detective Matthew Poore testified that police were called to the scene around 7:08 p.m. Saturday regarding a woman, later identified as Howard, lying in the road.

City police spoke to a witness who reported hearing a thud while standing in her yard and then seeing a red or maroon Ford Explorer SUV approach.

Poore said the witness reported flagging down the vehicle and recognizing the driver as Elias.

“They saw the victim lying in the road and asked the driver whether she had hit her,” Poore said. “The witness stated (that) the driver said ‘yes, I hit her’ and then they drove off.”

Poore testified that he was on the phone with Howard’s family and was on his way to Kroger on the U.S. 31-W By-Pass to attempt to obtain surveillance footage when his supervisor called him to notify him that Elias had returned to the scene.

Elias recalled to police that as she was traveling along Riverwood Avenue she saw a “shadow” in the road and stopped, at which point Howard came to the vehicle and began hitting the hood, grabbing onto the driver’s side mirror and opened the door, Poore said.

The detective testified that Elias told police she closed the door, only for Howard to try to open the door again, at which point Elias drove away.

“When they left (Elias) said she looked in the rear-view mirror and saw the victim lying in the roadway,” Poore said.

Elias reportedly dropped off the passengers in her vehicle and talked to her husband, who persuaded her to drive back to Riverwood.

Poore said when she asked Elias why she drove away from the scene, Elias responded that she did not have a license and was scared to go to jail.

Elias consented to having blood samples taken from her, though Poore testified Wednesday that she showed no signs of impairment while she spoke with him.

Poore said that police obtained surveillance footage Hosparus Health on Riverwood Avenue that appears to show a portion of the incident, including Howard standing in the middle of the road when the vehicle approached.

Also, a witness called police on Monday to report that she saw Howard hanging onto the door handle of the SUV as it began to drive off, and that Howard fell under the vehicle, Poore said.

Poore said that Elias was cooperative with police when she returned to the scene and that an autopsy found Howard’s injuries were consistent with a vehicle collision.

Geoghegan denied a request from Elias’ attorney, Diana Werkman of the Department of Public Advocacy, to modify the $100,000 cash bond set for Elias.