Traffic & Transit
Golf Cart Crashes At Old Bethpage Village Restoration; Woman Hurt
Police say a worker was driving the cart on the service trails and crashed into a tree. A woman had to be flown to a hospital.
OLD BETHPAGE, NY — A golf cart crashed into a tree in Old Bethpage and a passenger had to be flown to a hospital for a serious head injury.
A worker was driving a Nassau County golf cart on the service trails at Old Bethpage Village Restoration around 5:30 p.m. Thursday when two trails converged. The utility cart left the trail and smashed into a tree.
A 25-year-old woman who was a passenger in the cart suffered a fractured skull, police said. A Nassau County aviation team flew the woman by helicopter to a hospital for treatment. She was listed in serious but stable condition. No one else was hurt.
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The golf cart was impounded for a safety check.
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