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Woman sues after trampling incident at SC high school football game

Horry County School stands accused of negligence for a lack of crowd control at North Myrtle Beach High School

Gary Adornato

The football field at North Myrtle Beach High School.
The football field at North Myrtle Beach High School. /

A North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina woman has filed a lawsuit against Horry County Schools, alleging negligence after being trampled during a high school football game at North Myrtle Beach High School, according to a report by WMBF News in Myrtle Beach.

Betty Peyer claims the incident occurred on August 23, 2024, when middle school students knocked her to the ground at a North Myrtle Beach High School game.

Court documents, published by WMBF, state that the school's principal and head of security assisted Peyer after the event and expressed concerns about the lack of crowd control, admitting they had been advocating for improved security for years due to increasing crowd sizes.

Peyer alleges she suffered severe injuries from the trampling and is seeking a jury trial to recover damages for medical expenses and pain and suffering. Horry County Schools declined to comment on the ongoing litigation.

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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.

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