LEWISTON — A 55-year-old Lewiston woman has been charged in connection with a February crash that left an 82-year-old critically injured.

Pamela Price-Wharff was indicted by the Androscoggin County grand jury on Tuesday on a single count of driving to endanger.

Police said that on Feb. 5, Price-Wharff was driving a car that struck 82-year-old Marie Van Nostrand, dragging her for a block and leaving her with a multitude of injuries.

Van Nostrand was taken to a Portland hospital where she was originally not expected to survive. However, more than a week after the crash, Van Nostrand woke up and was recovering from her injuries, according to her family.

Until the indictment on Tuesday, Price-Wharff had not been charged. Police reconstructed the accident and then forwarded their findings to the District Attorney’s Office.

Police said that on the afternoon of Feb. 5, Van Nostrand had been walking on Pleasant Street when she was struck as Price-Wharff pulled out of Jeffery Street.

Van Nostrand was dragged a block to York Avenue, police said.

The 82-year-old had been living at the Super 8 hotel at the corner of Pleasant and Lisbon streets, where some workers regarded her as a mother figure. She was struck while making her regular walk to Shaw’s more than a mile away, friends said.

Price-Wharff, who lives near where the collision occurred, is charged with Class C driving to endanger, which carries a penalty of up to five years in prison.

According to the indictment, she is accused of driving with criminal negligence at the time Van Nostrand was struck.