A South Carolina DUI case has left two families shattered, a retired law enforcement officer dead, and a Little River woman facing a long prison sentence after prosecutors said she drove drunk, struck a motorcyclist, fled the scene, and then went to pick up her daughter from school.
Kayla Tisdale, thirty-eight, was sentenced to fourteen years in prison after pleading guilty to felony DUI resulting in death in connection with the April fourth, twenty twenty five, crash that killed Steven Marshall, sixty-two, near North Myrtle Beach. The case has drawn attention across Horry County because of the disturbing sequence prosecutors described in court, including Tisdale’s blood alcohol level, her decision to leave the crash scene, and her separate federal criminal case tied to drug trafficking proceeds.
Fatal DUI Crash on Sea Mountain Highway Killed Steven Marshall
The crash happened around one thirty in the afternoon on Sea Mountain Highway in the Little River and North Myrtle Beach area, where prosecutors said Tisdale was driving a Cadillac SUV when she failed to yield and struck Marshall, who was riding a motorcycle.
Marshall died almost instantly from the impact, according to prosecutors. His death was especially painful for the community because he was not just another name in a court file. He was a retired law enforcement officer who had spent more than two decades in public service before relocating to the Myrtle Beach area…