Driver Pleads Guilty in Death of Scottish Golf Caddy

A driver who struck and killed a Scottish golf caddy bicycling home from his first day of work in Southampton in May pleaded guilty on Friday to two felony charges, including manslaughter, for recklessly causing the death of Neil Fyfe, 28.

Jesse Werner Steudte of Southampton, 22, admitted that he was drunk and drove through a stoplight at about 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of Country Road 39 and Sandy Hollow Road while driving a 1990 Jeep when he struck Mr. Fyfe in a crosswalk. He also pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter and a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge,

Mr. Fyfe was returning from the Sebonack Golf Club when he was hit. People on the scene tried to revive him, but he was declared dead at Southampton Hospital.

Mr. Steudte is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 3 by New York State Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho.

Mr. Fyfe was originally from Aberdeen. According to the Glasgow-based Daily Record, he had been pursuing his dream of becoming a caddy on the PGA tour, and had been planning to return to Aberdeen to marry Jennifer Mouncy, 25. They had been dating for 11 years, The Record said.

The Record also spoke with Mr. Fyfe’s sister, Angela, in May. “I keep thinking he’s going to text, asking us what we’re all going on about 'cos he’s fine and well,” she said.