2004

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — A

woman ran over two teenage brothers after they accidentally hit her

sport utility vehicle with the golf ball they were bouncing in a

parking lot, officials said, leaving one of the boys with

life-threatening injuries. Isiah Grayer, 14, and his

16-year-old twin stepbrothers, Justin and Jamel Marshman, were bouncing

the golf ball in a shopping center parking lot Sunday afternoon when it

went astray and struck a sport utility vehicle driven by Kathy Feaganes

Allen, 47, St. Johns County sheriff’s Deputy Greg Suchy said.

Suchy said no damage was done, and the boys apologized and began to

walk away. Allen started to drive away, but suddenly made a U-turn, ran

over a median and struck Grayer, causing severe injuries, and Justin

Marshman before knocking over a light pole, Suchy said.

She then drove after Jamel Marshman, crossing

two medians and striking

a utility box before her SUV stopped in a ditch, Suchy said. The boy

ran away and was not struck. Witness Russell McPhee said Allen

accelerated to hit the boys. “She charged them,” he said. “This was the

most deliberate act.” McPhee said he yelled at Allen to stay where she

was when she got out of her car. “After she ran them down, she got out

of the car and lit a cigarette

like a movie star,” he said. “She watched all three of (the boys) just

lying there.” Allen then used Terry Gerspch’s cell phone to call her

husband. Gerspch said Allen seemed unfazed. “She was as calm as

anything,” she said. “She said the boys were throwing rocks at her

car.” McPhee said Jamel, the uninjured brother, ran over to Allen’s car

and confronted her. “He didn’t get physical with her,” he said. “He

just kept asking ‘Why? Why did you do this?”‘ A judge ordered Allen

held without bail Monday on three counts of

attempted murder. She is being represented by the St. Johns County

Public Defender’s Office, which did not immediately return a call

Monday seeking comment. Grayer was in critical condition

Monday at Shands Hospital in Jacksonville. Justin Marshman was treated

for non-life threatening injuries at Flagler Hospital.