Four people in the golf cart died, including two boys. I was. That's when the man, who was allegedly drunk and driving his SUV, passed a stop sign. At an intersection in southeastern Texas, police said.
Miguel Espinoza, 45, has been charged with four counts of manslaughter by drunk driving in an accident around 11:30 p.m. In Galveston, about 50 miles southeast of Houston, on Saturday, police said. Prison records did not list his attorney.
Galveston Police Sergeant. Derek Gaspard said a pickup hit his truck after the SUV failed to stop and hit a golf cart with six people in it. He said golf carts and pickups were moving in opposite directions across street intersections with no stop signs.
The adult driver of the golf cart was pronounced dead at the scene, and the woman and his two boys were taken to hospital, where they died, according to police. Two other passengers - an adult and a boy - were hospitalized in critical condition on Sunday, police said. , said the accident was traumatic.
"I can't get the image of their children out of my head," Donna Beckema told KHOU.
Espinoza, who lives in the city of Rosenberg in the Houston area, and his passenger suffered minor injuries, police said. They were taken to hospital and later released.
Gaspard said the pickup crew was not injured. The name and age of the deceased were not immediately released.
Gaspard said he believed the rented golf carts were legally operating on the city streets. He said members of two different families were in the golf cart at the time of the crash. Mr. Brown said the city has in the past enacted ordinances aimed at safe operations. He said he plans to consider additional ordinances at a future city council meeting.
"I was out last night," said Brown. "The island was lively and there were golf carts all over the streets. Residential golf carts and rental golf carts."
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