Ronald Little, 76, and Neil Frederick, 77, and two dogs killed in golf-cart collision with alleged impaired driver Angela Lavanty, 32, in Thousand Palms, California

INDIO, Calif. (AP) A Southern California woman has been charged with murder, animal cruelty and driving while impaired in a crash that killed two Canadian men riding with their dogs on a golf cart. The Riverside County District Attorney's Office said Monday that 32-year-old Angela Lavanty was charged Friday with second-degree murder in Wednesday's crash in unincorporated Thousands Palms. On Wednesday afternoon, Lavanty's Mercedes SUV hit the back of a golf cart, ejecting 76-year-old Ronald Little and 77-year-old Neil Frederick. Her mother, Marsha Lavanty, said Monday that her daughter is not a murderer but declined to comment further. They and their two dogs were killed.