Additional charges have now been added to those already levied against a 22 year old Ft Payne woman who was involved in a fatal crash Monday night.
According to police, Deanna Betz was driving a Jeep Wrangler that slammed into the rear of a parked logging truck, in the 900 block of Glenn Boulevard Southwest, at around 7:20pm – killing a passenger in the Jeep, 20 year old Kimberly Michelle Beattie of Scottsboro.
Beattie was flown to Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga – where she was pronounced dead. Meanwhile, the driver, Betz, was treated at the scene for minor injuries and charged with DUI.
A manslaughter charge was added following Beattie’s death.
According to DeKalb County, Alabama court records, Betz was released after making bond of $75,000.
Beattie’s funeral will be held Saturday (March 12th), at 1:00pm, at Scottsboro First United Methodist Church.








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