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Charges boosted in fatal Indiana golf cart crash

Posted September 02, 2011 12:00 am

Associated Press

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — An Indianapolis woman is facing tougher charges in a golf cart crash following the death of one of her passengers.

The Herald-Times reports prosecutors recently boosted 31-year-old Keri M. Preston’s charges from Class D felonies to Class C felonies that would carry stiffer prison sentences if she’s convicted.

The charges were elevated after 34-year-old Travis Lyles died July 16, six days after suffering a head injury when Preston crashed a golf cart carrying three passengers as she drove down a steep hill at a southern Indiana campground.

Preston faces charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated resulting in serious injury and leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in injury. Police said Preston’s blood-alcohol content after the crash was .13 percent. Indiana’s legal limit is 0.08 percent.

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