This is a harrowing story out of the local area. On March 8, 2026, a 17-year-old girl in Lakeland was seriously injured when the golf cart she was riding in flipped over, pinning her beneath its roughly 900-pound frame.

The accident has highlighted both a frightening moment of crisis and an incredible act of quick thinking by her friends.

The teen was a passenger in the cart when it overturned during a turn. The weight of the vehicle caused significant trauma, resulting in multiple bone fractures, including her femur and several ribs.

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