An 89-year-old New Yorker was seriously injured when his golf cart hit a barrier in a roundabout in The Villages.
The man from Pulaski, N.Y. had been driving an EZ-GO golf cart at 10:12 a.m. Monday in the roundabout at Morse Boulevard and El Camino Real when he hit a concrete traffic barrier, according to an accident report from the Florida Highway Patrol.
The man’s identity was not included in the report due to a new policy recently announced by the FHP.
The barriers at that particular roundabout have proven problematic in the past.
In 2014, Villager Larry Grimes called for change at that roundabout after he was seriously injured when his golf cart was involved in an accident with one of the large concrete barriers. He suffered a concussion and three fractured ribs. However, his warning provided for no changes at the roundabout.
In 2017, a passenger in a golf cart was traumatically injured in a collision with a barricade at that circle.
In 2018, an 82-year-old Village of Sabal Chase resident was driving a 2012 Yamaha golf cart when she hit a barrier in that roundabout. She was knocked from the golf cart and fell to the ground.