Golf Cart Running on Curved Road Without Deceleration... Golfer Falls and Suffers Quadriplegia

Driver Caddie Sentenced to Imprisonment with Labor

A caddie was sentenced to imprisonment for causing a serious injury, including paralysis, to a golfer sitting in the back seat by turning a curved road without reducing the speed of a golf cart. The photo is unrelated to specific expressions in the article. Photo by Yonhap News.

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Bong-ju] A caddie who caused a fall accident by not reducing the speed of a golf cart while turning on a curved road, seriously injuring a golfer sitting in the back seat with paralysis and other severe injuries, was sentenced to imprisonment.

On the 27th, according to Chuncheon District Court, Judge Park Jin-young of Criminal Division 2 sentenced A (37) to 8 months in prison on charges of violating the Special Act on the Treatment of Traffic Accidents (injury).

The court stated the sentencing reasons, saying, "Considering the victim's severe physical and mental suffering and the fact that the defendant has not been forgiven by the victim, a strict punishment is inevitable," but also "considering the defendant's efforts to compensate the victim."

On April 21 last year, A was driving a cart carrying four golfers at a golf course in Chuncheon, descending a right-curved downhill road at about 14 km/h.

While turning right without reducing the speed of the golf cart, B (52), who was sitting in the back seat, fell to the left and hit his head on the asphalt ground.

As a result of the accident, B suffered severe injuries including paralysis and cognitive impairment due to traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage.

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