From Daily Commercial Leesburg, July 7 2017
Golf cart driver in critical condition after colliding with car in The Villages
THE VILLAGES – A golf cart driver was left in critical condition Wednesday morning after traveling into the path of a moving car.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, Richard J. Bolender, 79, of Sanford, was driving his golf cart in the golf cart lane of Talley Ridge Drive near Weaton Court in The Villages area of Sumter County about 9:30 a.m. Bolender tried to pass a pedestrian by swerving into the car lane, but traveled into the path of a Buick.
The two collided and the golf cart hit a curb and overturned, throwing Bolender out of his cart. Tara Malara, 43, and Maddie J. Malara, 2, occupants of the Buick, were not injured.
Bolender was taken to Ocala Regional Medical Center.
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