Golf cart for hospital patients and visitors crashes, killing one, NC officials say
One person died after a hospital golf cart crashed in North Carolina, officials say.
Hospital officials said the wreck happened Friday, April 14 at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.
One person died from their injuries, and two other people in the cart were treated and released from the hospital, officials said.
The golf cart was a valet used to transport patients and visitors to and from parking decks, according to the hospital.
Officials believe the incident “was a tragic accident,” but an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the crash and “to ensure an event such as this does not happen again.”
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist hospital is in Winston-Salem, about 80 miles northeast of Charlotte.
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