Victims named in fatal golf cart crash in Estero

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Lee County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victims of a fatal golf cart crash in Estero Monday.

According to LCSO, Joseph Heller, 83, was driving northbound in the southbound travel lane in a club golf cart with his wife, Betty Heller, 81.

A driver of a Ford F-150 was heading south on Via Lungomare Circle in Estero, when the Ford crashed into the golf cart head-on, throwing Joseph from the golf cart.

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Joseph sustained life-threatening injuries and was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Betty became entrapped underneath the Ford and the golf cart. She also suffered life-threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital.

The investigation is ongoing.

 

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