Woman told police she had 'enough' to drink before golf cart crash that left 1 dead: Cops

A 24-year-old pistillate successful Pennsylvania allegedly drove drunk and crashed a play cart, throwing 3 of six passengers into the street, wherever 1 struck her caput and died.

Natalie Jo Lally was taken into custody this week and charged with 1 number each of vehicular homicide and aggravated battle by conveyance portion driving nether the influence successful the decease of Megan Marie Mappin, tribunal records show.

The fatal clang took spot connected May 24, 2025, successful Jackson Township, which is astir 85 miles northbound of Philadelphia.

Lally was driving the overfilled play cart connected Latonka Drive erstwhile she sped into a curve and mislaid power of the greenish four-seat play cart, causing 3 of the passengers to autumn from the cart and into the street, Pittsburgh ABC affiliate WTAE reported. Upon arriving, troopers with the Pennsylvania State Police recovered the conveyance partially connected the writer disconnected to the broadside of Latonka Drive.

Medics treated 1 of the passengers, aboriginal identified arsenic Mappin, astatine the country for a caput injury. Due to the severity of her injury, she was aboriginal airlifted via chopper to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Hospital. She succumbed to her injuries and died 2 days later.

A consequent autopsy reportedly determined that Mappin's origin of decease was blunt unit trauma to the head, neck, and torso.

A 2nd rider successful the cart besides suffered a caput laceration and required 10 stitches to seal, Youngstown NBC and CW affiliate WFMJ reported.

Troopers astatine the country said Lally's eyes were glassy and bloodshot, noting that she smelled similar alcohol. When they asked Lally whether she had been drinking that evening, she responded that she had drunk "enough," adding that she "had a lot" to drink, WFMJ reported.

Lally told authorities that she was driving the cart, but was not alert that the roadworthy had specified a crisp turn.

After performing a "walk-and-turn" trial connected Lally, authorities drew her humor for testing. The effect showed that astatine the clip of the incident, her humor intoxicant level was .164%, much than treble the ineligible bounds of .08%, WTAE reported.

In summation to the aforementioned charges, Lally is besides facing 3 counts of reckless endangerment and 1 number each of reckless driving and careless driving unintentionally causing death. She is presently scheduled to look successful tribunal for her preliminary proceeding earlier Magisterial District Judge Douglas E. Straub connected March 11.

According to her obituary, Mappin was an organ donor whose decease resulted successful 3 radical receiving the organs they required.