PANAMA CITY — A Panama City woman will face DUI manslaughter charges after allegedly driving onto a sidewalk and over a Louisiana teenager, according to court documents.
Bay County Sheriff’s Office issued a warrant for Lee Creary, 50, after receiving toxicology results indicating she had a blood alcohol level of .189 during a May 22 fatal crash on South Thomas Drive. Creary was arrested and initially charged with possessing a controlled substance but will now face charges of DUI manslaughter after a first appearance in Bay County court Tuesday.
Mark Garrard Robertson, 17, was returning to his room at the Boardwalk Beach Resort, 9450 South Thomas Drive, at about midnight when a vehicle traveling east drove up on the sidewalk and struck him, police said.
The vehicle, identified as a 1991 Chevrolet Suburban being driven by Creary, was traveling east on South Thomas Drive toward the intersection at Alvin’s Island Department Store before it veered onto the sidewalk on the south shoulder of the road, crashed into a light pole and struck a pedestrian.
Robertson, an Opelousas, La., resident, was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:46 a.m.
A single .5 mg Xanax was found in the center console cupholder of Creary’s SUV, police reported.