Woman riding go-kart at Myrtle Beach area center ended up in ICU, suit says
An employee of a Myrtle Beach area entertainment center violently rammed a go-kart into another rider, causing the woman to receive life-threatening injuries, a lawsuit claims.
The employee had allegedly been drinking at the Fun Warehouse’s on-site bar before “unlawfully” entering the go-kart track and deliberately ramming his go-kart into Carmaeickea M. Horry’s vehicle, forcing her into the track railing with violent force, the suit said.
A message left with owners of the Fun Warehouse was not returned before publication.
A representative of Fun Warehouse said that the employee cited in the suit was 16 at the time and had not been drinking at the bar. In addition, while employed at the center, she had clocked out and was riding the go-kart as a customer, not as an employee.
The risk manager for the company said a video shows that Horry was alone when she was driving and that no one was near her when she crashed. The representative said that Horry was asked if she was OK, and she left on her “own accord.”
The fun center trains its employees, and one of the requirements is that if employees want to participate in rides or other games, they have to clock out and “come back in as a customer,” he said.
Horry was a customer at the entertainment center at 2349 Dick Pond Road and had been strapped into the go-kart in order to ride the vehicle on the track on Dec. 14, 2023, the suit said. When the employee got into another go-kart, he accelerated his vehicle directly toward Horry, stating, “it looks like we got someone to race,” before ramming into Horry’s go-kart, the suit said.
Horry was pushed into the railing with violent force and was trapped in her seat before being removed and taken to the hospital where she was admitted into the Intensive Care Unit. She had internal bleeding of the pancreas, abdominal trauma and required extensive hospitalization, the suit said.
The suit, filed Oct. 9, 2025, claims the Fun Warehouse and its owners were negligent in allowing an employee to allegedly drink at its bar and then have access to company equipment.
Horry is asking for compensation to cover her medical expenses, future care costs, lost wages, as well as punitive damages.
