Soldier run over with golf cart during scuffle in Florida | ArmyTimes

A woman is facing criminal charges and a soldier is recovering after a scuffle at a Pensacola golf course last month ended with a man being run over with a golf cart.

Drew Glover, 35, suffered multiple fractures in his leg when Vicki Meloy, 50, reportedly ran him over Aug. 12 at the Osceola Golf Course on Tonawanda Drive.

According to a Pensacola Police Department offense report, Glover was golfing with a friend when Meloy and three males approached the duo and asked them to turn their music down. The two sides give differing accounts of what happened next, but a male from Glover's group and a male from Meloy's group wound up in a physical altercation.

Meloy said she was driving over to break up the fight when she accidentally hit Glover with her cart. According to the report, Meloy said she tried to stop before hitting anyone, but the cart slid into Glover when she hit the brakes.

Officers at the scene noted there were no slide marks at the scene indicating Meloy had tried to stop. The report also said that two of Meloy's associates showed signs of intoxication at the time of the incident, as both smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot eyes and occasionally slurred their speech.

Glover, a U.S. Army specialist, told police officers that Meloy's group had approached him and his friend yelling racial slurs and instigated a fight. He alleged Meloy came down the path in the golf cart and hit him intentionally. He was momentarily pinned beneath the cart, but he was able to push the vehicle off. Glover suffered breaks to his fibula and tibia, the two major bones in the lower leg.

Glover's parents said he has undergone multiple surgeries since the incident.

"That leg is in terrible shape," Glover's father, Steven, said. "He's in a tough place. He doesn't know what it's going to do to his Army career."

Glover previously served as a sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. He was training in the Pensacola area at the time of the incident.

Meloy was charged with aggravated assault, and has since been released from Escambia County Jail on $10,000 bond, according to jail records.