This One is Not Winning Mother of The Year Award

Fayetteville Woman Charged After Crash Killed Children


A Fayetteville mother is facing criminal charges after a crash earlier this month killed her three children.

Megan Scott, 31, is facing three felony counts of involuntary manslaughter, among other charges.

The investigation found that Scott was driving recklessly, with speeds reaching 111 mph. Investigators said that two of her children were ejected from Scott's vehicle, adding that they were required car seats and were not safely secured inside the vehicle. A third child was in the car at the time of the crash.

Two of the children died at the scene, and the third died later at the hospital.

The crash happened on June 3 around 11 p.m. on Cedar Creek Road in Fayetteville. According to an affidavit, Scott was speeding because she was driving away from a traffic stop that night.

Scott received the following charges related to the June 3 incident:

Three felony counts of involuntary manslaughter
Reckless driving to endanger
Speeding
Three counts of failure to secure passenger under 16
Failure to wear seat belt - driver
Failure to maintain lane control
Driving while license revoked
Hit-and-run
Two counts of assault on an officer, by hitting two Fayetteville Police officers with her vehicle.
Assault with a deadly weapon, by hitting her partner with her vehicle.
Domestic violence

Court documents showed Scott had a run-in with police the day before the crash.

Records show that on June 2, Scott was cited for driving without a license or insurance and for having an expired registration. The next day, officers say Scott was involved in a domestic dispute.

An affidavit details Scott biting a man's arm before she hit the victim with a car and fled the scene.

Later that day, officers responded to a hit-and-run on Cedar Creek Road.