A guilty plea from a Watkinsville woman accused in a fatal wreck that claimed the life of a 13-year-old Athens girl. 28-year-old Molly Anne Tully received a 10-year sentence with the first five years in prison. According to the indictment, Tully was intoxicated and driving the wrong way on the Athens loop on January 31, 2021, when she crashed into a car driven by Yanelis Figueroa who was seriously injured.
Her passenger, Kayla Marie Smith, who was an eighth grader at Hilsman Middle School, was killed. Tully asked for and received a first-offender sentence, meaning she can have the felony conviction removed from her record if she successfully completes probation upon her release from prison.
