The Brief
- Lizette Vega, 17, was celebrating her birthday with her five friends, riding on her family’s golf cart through her Eagle Lake neighborhood Saturday afternoon.
- The golf cart flipped over, and two of Vega’s friends, a 17-year-old, who didn’t want to be identified, and Nyemah Johnson, 15, helped lift the cart off of Vega.
- Vega was taken to Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center where she received surgery after suffering a broken femur.
LAKELAND, Fla. – A teenager in Polk County is celebrating her birthday in the hospital after a serious accident that left her underneath a 900-pound golf cart.
The backstory:
One second, Lizette Vega was celebrating her 17th birthday with her five friends, riding on her family’s golf cart through her Eagle Lake neighborhood Saturday afternoon. …