- One island resident says he was hit by a golf cart while walking on Hawksnest Bay Drive on Halloween night.
- He is advocating for improved golf cart safety on the island, hoping that no one else , especially children, get hit by a golf cart.
- The Corpus Christi City Council District 4 race is heading into a runoff, so Erin Holly asked candidates where they stand on this topic.
- Both May Nardone Mendoza and Kaylynn Paxson said they want to get the Padre Island Mobility plan underway as soon as possible, which would add special paths only for golf carts.
One Padre Island neighbor named Steve Smith said he was hit by a golf cart while walking along Hawksnest Bay Drive on Halloween night. He said he only had minor injuries to his leg, but he is concerned about if a child were to be hit by a golf cart like he was.
“All of a sudden, at a very slow speed, a golf cart tire climbed up the back of my leg and pulled me down. I’m a big target, but if that would’ve been a little 5-year-old child, you know, that kid could’ve got hurt really bad,” Smith said. “My main concern is for the kids, and I think for the future, for safety, they should block these streets off and make it for pedestrian traffic only.”