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Teen gets maximum sentence in golf cart crash that killed girl

Deadly golf cart crash Laurel Creek Drive A 16-year-old died in a crash involving a golf cart Thursday night, according to the Rock Hill Police Department.

ROCK HILL, S.C. — A Rock Hill teenager received the maximum sentence for juveniles after killing a 15-year-old girl riding in a golf cart, according to The Herald.

The teen, who is now 17, was going 68 mph in a 25-mph zone and didn’t have a driver’s license when the crash happened in July 2024. The teen pleaded guilty to reckless homicide last year.

The solicitor said in a hearing on Tuesday that the teen could be in juvenile detention until he’s 21 years old.


VIDEO: 15-year-old girl killed in Rock Hill golf cart crash, police say

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