A woman pleaded guilty to reckless homicide on Wednesday for a deadly golf cart crash in North Myrtle Beach in 2017.
According to the Horry County Public Index, Diane Lynn Hunter pleaded guilty to reckless homicide caused by injury from vehicle on Wednesday. Hunter was sentenced to one year in jail and three years of probation.
North Myrtle Beach officials confirmed one woman was killed after a driver crashed into a golf cart in July 2017.
According to city spokesperson Pat Dowling, the driver of a Toyota Camry collided with an elderly couple in a golf cart.
The investigation by North Myrtle Beach police revealed Hunter was traveling north on Havens Drive at a high rate of speed and tried to pass a white van.
“As Ms. Hunter was passing the van on the left, she ran off the left side of the road. Ms. Hunter struck three mailboxes, three trashcans, and two recycle bins. Ms. Hunter drug one trash can under the vehicle and returned to the roadway,” a police report states. Police say after passing the van, she struck the rear of the golf cart and moved the golf cart around 60 feet down the road from the point of impact.
A 65-year-old woman was ejected from the golf cart and was pronounced dead on the scene. Horry County Deputy Coroner Tony Hendrick identified the victim as Kathern Snipes of Greensboro, NC.
