Myrtle Beach woman’s BAC was more than three times legal driving limit in fatal wreck

A Myrtle Beach woman will spend more than a decade in prison for drunkenly crashing into another car, killing a person in Beaufort County, according to a news release.

On Thursday, Mary Ann German, 47, was convicted of DUI, resulting in death, according to the 14th Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office. Her blood alcohol content was measured at .275 — more than three times the legal driving limit of .08.

A Beaufort County judge sentenced German to 11 years in prison, the solicitor’s office stated.

Sher’mann Keel Palmer died in the 2016 wreck on U.S. Highway 21, according to the office. Palmer’s parents told the judge they forgave German and asked for mercy.

Around 12:30 a.m. on July 10, 2016, German drove a red Dodge pickup truck into a parked car in a parking lot at a Trask Parkway club, according to the solicitor’s office. The car owner tried to convince German not to leave. German left the lot and drove through a stop sign. She accelerated on U.S. 21 when she hit Palmer’s Nissan Sentra, the solicitors office said.

Palmer was alive when first responders arrived, but died before he could be removed from the vehicle, the solicitor’s office stated.

German was taken from the driver’s seat, and her husband was in the passenger seat. Neither suffered serious injuries, according to the solicitor’s office.

This story was originally published November 15, 2018 at 6:43 PM.