A tragic incident unfolded in rural North Carolina when a 40-year-old woman lost control of her vehicle, resulting in a fatal crash that claimed the life of her passenger. Following the accident, the driver reportedly fled the scene and sought assistance from her mother, according to law enforcement authorities.

Goldie Marsh is now facing multiple serious charges, including felony death by vehicle, felony hit-and-run causing serious injury or death, driving under the influence, failing to report an accident, and not wearing a seat belt while driving. These details were confirmed by court documents accessed by Law&Crime. Her mother, Sharon Marsh, aged 67, has also been charged with felony obstruction of justice, aiding and abetting, and resisting a public officer.

The charges are in connection with the crash that resulted in the death of 45-year-old Timothy McLean.

The incident occurred around noon on Saturday. Goldie Marsh was driving a gray vehicle with McLean near the crossroads of McArtan Road and Elliott Bridge Road in Linden, North Carolina. According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Marsh was allegedly speeding in the area, which is approximately 25 minutes north of Fayetteville, North Carolina. Neither Marsh nor McLean were wearing seat belts at the time of the accident.

Court records indicate that the vehicle suddenly veered off the road to the left and collided with a culvert. After the crash, Goldie Marsh reportedly exited the vehicle and fled the scene. Troopers arrived shortly thereafter, where McLean was declared deceased.

According to authorities, Goldie Marsh did not call to report the crash and seek help for McLean, but instead, she called her mother to come pick her up. Sharon Marsh allegedly proceeded to do just that and then mislead investigators about who was driving when the wreck occurred.

The crashed car was apparently the elder Marsh’s, and she suggested to WRAL that her daughter, who she said has a history of using drugs, lied to her.

“All she did was call and say she was walking up the road,” the mother, who denies the charges against her, said. “I’m disappointed in her, very disappointed in her. She should have told me the truth when I picked her up that he was down there in the car, wrecked. But she didn’t.”

“I didn’t know he was dead until a state trooper called and told me a dead passenger was in my car. That’s the first I knew about it,” Sharon Marsh added.

Both women were scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday morning.