Golf Cart Accident Fatalities - August 2012

Reprinted with permission from the Property Owners Association of The Villages monthly Bulletin:

Thursday, August 9th – Incident occurred at Del Mar and Panama Place in the evening. Two young men (both 22) in a golf cart. One was driving and the Lady Lake Police Department is still investigating the incident to determine whether the passenger was standing up or sitting in the cart while it was going down the street, the speed of the cart, whether or not alcohol was involved, etc. The passenger lost his balance (and/or grasp) and wound up falling onto the pavement head first. Unconscious and bleeding from orifices in the head, he was flown to Orlando Medical Center’s Trauma Unit, but did not survive.

Saturday, August 11th – A male resident of Calumet Village, aged 70, was a passenger in a cart being driven by another Villages resident in the roundabout at Buena Vista Boulevard and El Camino Real at 8:30 PM. As the operator drove the cart through the roundabout in the outside lane, the Calumet Grove passenger fell out of the cart and struck his head on the curb. He was taken to The Villages Medical Center where he died of his injuries.

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