Norwood resident airlifted after suffering injuries in golf cart incident
Published 7:31 pm Wednesday, May 26, 2021
- Norwood, North Carolina
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A resident of Norwood was airlifted to Charlotte Wednesday after suffering a a crash involving a golf cart.
The resident, a 30-year-old female, was turning right onto Wood Land Road off Piney Point Road. According to Trooper Michael McCormick of the North Carolina Highway Patrol, witnesses said the operator fell out of the driver’s side of the cart and was found lying between a gravel driveway and the road.
Suffering head trauma and possible internal injuries, she was airlifted to Atrium Health Main in Charlotte.
A 2-year old child sitting in the back of the golf cart was not injured.
McCormick said the investigation is pending.
The driver’s name has not released, but McCormick said she was new to Norwood, having moved here approximately two weeks ago.
About Charles Curcio
Charles Curcio has served as the sports editor of the Stanly News & Press for more than 16 years and has written numerous news and feature storeis as well. He was awarded the NCHSAA Tim Stevens Media Representative of the Year and named CNHI Sports Editor of the Year in 2014. He has also won an award from Boone Newspapers, and has won four North Carolina Press Association awards.
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