NOCATEE, Fla. – St. Johns County Fire Rescue says three teenagers were taken to Wolfson Children’s Hospital on Wednesday after a golf cart they were in hit a light pole in the Nocatee community.
The accident happened just after noon near the intersection of Preservation Trail and Regal Willow Road. All three were reported in stable condition and expected to recover.
St. Johns Sheriff’s Office spokesman Chuck Mulligan said the driver, who was at least 14 -- the legal age to operate a golf cart in Florida -- told deputies he couldn’t control the brakes, lost control and hit the pole.
The force knocked the light to fall to the ground, sending shattered glass into the street.
The Sheriff’s Office is investigating.