MIAMI – A 3-12 months-old driving a golf cart struck and killed a 7-12 months-previous on Monday afternoon in Fort Myers, in accordance to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol.
The 3-calendar year-old was approaching a suitable curve around a residence on personal home when the front of the cart strike the 7-calendar year-old who was standing in the entrance yard, the launch stated.
The older baby was taken to a clinic and pronounced useless, the release mentioned. The 3-yr-outdated wasn’t harm.
Concerns about minors driving golf carts in Florida a short while ago prompted the passage of a new point out legislation, CNN affiliate WJFX reported. Any individual less than the age of 18 will before long want to have a permit or driver’s license to push a golfing cart, the station documented very last thirty day period.
The bill was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis and goes into effect October 1.
It won’t point out an age when minors grow to be eligible to commence driving golfing carts but does state all minors must have a allow or driver’s license to lawfully push a golf cart in Florida. Drivers in Florida should be at least 15 and have parental consent to get a permit, WJFX noted.
Across the region, additional than 6,500 little ones are harm by golf carts each individual calendar year, in accordance to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Just far more than 50 percent all those wounded are kids below 12.
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