From the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department:
Severe Injury Incident Involving Golf Cart
A male juvenile is in critical condition after being struck by a motorized golf cart on private property in unincorporated Marengo.
On July 23, 2022 at 9:57 a.m., the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and Marengo Fire and Rescue District responded to the 19600 block of Harmony Road, in unincorporated Marengo, for a juvenile who was struck by a motorized golf cart.
Preliminary investigation indicated that a motorized golf cart was being operated on private property by a female juvenile, along with three juvenile passengers, when the golf cart struck a male juvenile.
The male juvenile was transported to Sherman Hospital, Elgin, by ambulance and was subsequently flown to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
The juveniles riding on the golf cart were not injured.
Alcohol or drug use are not a factor in this incident. The case remains under investigation by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Major Crash Investigation Unit and Patrol Division.
Who was in charge of the golf cart?
Who was in charge and responsible for the young persons on the golf cart?
What is the age and license requirements for operating a golf cart?
Are there license requirements, even on private property, for operating a golf cart?
Should a “golf cart” by definition of function be strictly limited to use on golf courses?
So many questions here as to what went wrong.
“Alcohol or drug use are not a factor in this incident.”
Really?
How can that be ruled out so quickly?
Toxicology results take days.
Ok, so the kid probably wasn’t coked to the gills or roaring drunk, but how can the keystone kops ever issue such a definitive, categorical statement with ZERO evidence?
Ans: They can’t!
I was driving in Lake County the other day and a golf cart with a few senior citizens pulled out of a strip mall driveway in front of me and continued down the road at ~15 MPH.
Speed limit there is 30.
I followed at a safe distance as it was a no-passing zone.
Someone was tailgating me and when the golf cart turned off 1/4 mile later the tailgater dropped way back when he saw why I was going so slow.
I don’t think there is any licensing requirement or age limit for driving a car or any other motor vehicle on private property in Illinois.
There is a potential child endangerment charge and some huge civil liability here though.
Karen bred is a do-gooder report everything whiner.
Problem with that stance is YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE STUPIDITY.
Please stop with all the judgment calls.
Let’s hope that the little child is going to make a full recovery as that’s the most important issue here!
He didn’t make it.
Too sad that this ever happened.