441/27 Historic Golf cart bridge accident

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Old 03-16-2018, 11:39 AM
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While husband in Winn Dixie waiting at register, gentleman telling that historic bridge roped off. Man had heart attack coming down bridge in cart, hitting two others at bottom. He thinks there was fatality. Prayers to all involved.
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Old 03-16-2018, 12:43 PM
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Went over bridge at 1:15 - no signs of a problem
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Old 03-16-2018, 01:00 PM
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While husband in Winn Dixie waiting at register, gentleman telling that historic bridge roped off. Man had heart attack coming down bridge in cart, hitting two others at bottom. He thinks there was fatality. Prayers to all involved.
It feels to me that many people are leaving us here in The Villages all at once.
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Old 03-16-2018, 01:47 PM
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It feels to me that many people are leaving us here in The Villages all at once.
Time to go when the big boy upstairs call you gotta go that bridge is enough to get anybody’s heart beat a little faster ! so sad if someone lost there life but we got to realize there is a culling of the herd constantly
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Old 03-16-2018, 02:11 PM
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Time to go when the big boy upstairs call you gotta go that bridge is enough to get anybody’s heart beat a little faster ! so sad if someone lost there life but we got to realize there is a culling of the herd constantly
Hasn't Florida has been referred to as "God's waiting Room"?
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Old 03-16-2018, 02:29 PM
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I think that may have been earlier in the Morning 9:45ish, the bridge was backed up when I went over to watch the sailboats.
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Old 03-16-2018, 02:34 PM
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We came up 441 around 12 noon or so. Looked like normal cart traffic in both directions so it was probably earlier in the day. Haven't seen or heard anything else.
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Old 03-17-2018, 04:29 AM
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Nothing about it in the other news service.
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Old 03-17-2018, 06:59 AM
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Hasn't Florida has been referred to as "God's waiting Room"?
That's St. Petersburg
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That's St. Petersburg
I thought it was the Perkins at SS!
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Old 03-22-2018, 09:03 AM
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It feels to me that many people are leaving us here in The Villages all at once.
No different than anywhere else with a large population.The Villages has a larger population than Ocala...think about it,
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No different than anywhere else with a large population.The Villages has a larger population than Ocala...think about it,
With a significantly different life expectancy..
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Old 03-22-2018, 10:39 AM
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No different than anywhere else with a large population.The Villages has a larger population than Ocala...think about it,
The Villages actually has a larger population than Ocala, Summerfield, Bellevue, Fruitland Park, Leesburg and Wildwood combined.

I'm surprised that a lot more businesses don't move closer to here. The Sam's Club in Ocala is much larger than the one here. I suppose it's because of the access to the highway which The Villages is lacking.
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We need air bags on the golf cars!.....Oh wait, where would the golf scores go?
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