12:00PM EST: Catskills Hatzolah paramedics have requested a medevac in Monticello for a 2-year-old child which was struck by a golf-cart. The child was struck by entrance #3 of the Ichud (Satmar) Bungalow Colony on Route 42 South. The exact condition of the child is unknown.
The chopper (LIFENET-75) will be landing at the Monticello High School in approximetly 10 minutes. Monticello FD is enroute to the school to establish the landing zone.
This is the second serious accident in just one week involving Golf Carts. At the previous incident, YWN posted a story (HERE) titled “Golf Cart Injuries Give Rise to Calls for Regulation“.
It is being posted once again below:
Many summer camp and bungalow colony employees use golf carts to get around – due to their efficiency. Unfortunately, Catskills Hatzolah has been responding to an increased amount of accidents involving them (over the past few years). Just this past Thursday, a golf cart driving on a county road (which is illegal) was involved in an accident [CLICK HERE FOR PICS]. The driver was very lucky not to have been killed.
Hatzolah is urging everyone using these vehicles to use caution – and not to assume that they can’t be as deadly as a car.
The following article is from HealthDay News:
Using golf carts as an alternative means of transportation is becoming common in some parts of the United States, but it is also leading to an increasing number of injuries, say researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Injury Sciences.
“Golf carts are becoming a popular way to get around in some neighborhoods, particularly for adolescents and teenagers who cannot yet drive a car. A lot of people perceive golf carts as little more than toys, but our findings suggest they can be quite dangerous, especially when used on public roads,” Gerald McGwin, associate director of the Center for Injury Sciences and a professor of epidemiology, said in a prepared statement.
He and his colleagues found there were more than 48,255 golf cart-related injuries between 2002 and 2005. The highest injury rates were among males ages 10 to 19 and males over age 80. Fractures and head traumas are among the most common injuries in golf cart crashes.
The study was published in the June issue of The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection and Critical Care.
“Some communities encourage golf cart use as a primary means of transportation because of their low emissions, quiet operation and presumed safety. There is little federal regulation, and most states do not require operators to be of a certain age, use any sort of safety equipment, or obtain an operator’s license,” McGwin said.
Safety standards are needed, he suggested. Companies that make and sell golf carts should be required to provide safety education materials to consumers. Helmets and seat belts should be used, particularly if a golf cart is driven on public roads. When designing golf cart paths, developers need to address safety issues such as gradient, sharpness of curves and proximity to other hazards.
“Golf carts are an attractive transportation solution due to their low emissions and cost effectiveness when compared to traditional motor vehicles. But more stringent safety standards should be applied to the design and use of golf carts, particularly those operated on public roads,” McGwin said.
(YWN Sullivan County News Desk / YW-104 / YW-106 / YW-112)
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16 Responses
Child is in unklikely condition
#1, For those dummies (like me) who don’t understand EMS lingo, please clarify.
name for tehilim?
LOOK UP UNLIKELY
#4, “unlikely” to survive or “unlikely” to die?
unlikely = not likely to live.
he basically needs miracle , please daven !!!
Name, Update??
#2,
be assured that unlikely is not an EMS term
This is just awful. I pray that this Toddler has a quick recovery.
his name is yehudah tzvi ben Malka rina
Someone else is saying that “unlikely” means unlikely to die (while “likely” means likely to die.)
This is why it is absurd to use jargon 99+% of the readers don’t understand. (Even if it makes the writer feel good about himself.)
Likely condition = likely to die
unlikely condition = not life threatening
the problem is that everyone thinks that these things are toys and let children drive them around. The keys for these vehicles (yes they are vehicles sometimes electric and sometimes motor vehicles) must be taken out every time it is parked. I have seen too many a time where young kids get a hold of these vehicles and start driving around erratically.
#4 Please look at #1 again. it says “unklikely”.Shouting in this case was not appropriate.
#1 says unlikely.
#6 says that means not likely to live.
#11 says that means not life threatening.
Can we get the facts straight, and get rid of the mumbo jumbo meaningless jargon like ‘unlikely’?
I was in the mountains over Shabbos and was appalled at the lack of supervision of children in general, but in particular relating to motorized toys, including power wheels cars driven by little kids unsupervised on roads in developments and motorized scooters and bikes driven at high speeds by 11-12 year olds on the same roads where cars drive, in some cases without helmets. Where are the parents of these children and how can they let their beloved children do these sorts of things and put themselves in danger? In addition, people tend to allow their little children to roam without supervision thinking that the colony or development is contained. Again, I think parents cannot possibly let their children out of their sight for even a minute. Kids can disappear so quickly. It’s so sad that even after these incidents people can’t muster enough strength to put a stop to all of these things and save the innocent children of k’lal yisrael. I understand if people want to take the opportunity to get some freedom where there is more space, but that is no excuse for a lack of vigilance for safety of children.
its unlikely you will get an honest response , its likely bloggers use terms correctly. its unlikely anything will change as a result of this discussion
it is however likely we should all sit down for a minute and say a kapitul of tehillim