LCSO investigating death after golf cart ends up in canal in St. James City

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office conducted a death investigation Monday morning after a golf cart went into a canal along Curlew Drive in St. James City on Pine Island.

LCSO said they currently do not know the cause and that it does not appear to be suspicious.

One person is dead, and a man told WINK News that the person who died is his 95-year-old grandmother Marge Teach.

Don Kamp, a Flamingo Bay resident, said, “folks are long retired down here, so things happen.”

Golf carts are a popular way of getting around in Flamingo Bay, so when one was seen submerged in a canal, the community asked questions.

Kamp said, “somebody sends me a text and says ‘hey, who’s running their golf cart into the canal down there?'”

Steve Lutz, the grandson of the woman who died, said, “just a little shocked. My grandma just got clean bills of health from like, three different doctors telling her she was good. We were joking that she would probably live to be 100-years old.”

Deputies have not said how the golf cart ended up in the canal.

Teach’s grandson said she might have been confused. “She lives maybe halfway up the street. I don’t know if maybe she got confused or whatever, but she just pulled in the wrong driveway.”

The community spoke about Teach with nothing but kindness and respect.

“She’s so sweet and friendly and has been so good to us. She’s such a joy to the community here,” said Kamp

Marge Teach was a grandmother, a neighbor, and a friend who many will miss.