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Man drives onto Deerfield golf course, rams golf cart and injures player: Video

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A man who police say drove his SUV onto the Deerfield Golf Club course while drunk, striking a golf cart and ejecting its occupants, has been charged with a felony and several misdemeanors.

The incident, which was captured on a video that made the rounds on social media, occurred shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Police from the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control arrested the man immediately after the incident. He will be charged once he is released from the hospital, the agency said.

What happened?

Video taken by a passerby in another area of ​​the golf course shows the man, whose identity police have not identified, speeding his Ford Bronco along a paved road that separates two areas of the Milford Crossings golf course, then driving over the low curb and onto the green.

On the green, he narrowly misses a golf cart. A player can be seen running away from the SUV.

The Bronco then crashes into a second golf cart, causing the passenger to fall out of the vehicle and onto the ground. They remain there as the Bronco continues to circle, over a small hill and back onto the paved road. Then the video cuts off.

DNREC police said the victim, whose gender and age were not specified, “suffered minor injuries” but refused medical treatment at the scene.

When police arrested the Bronco driver, “he made statements that necessitated his transport to a hospital for evaluation,” DNREC said.

“Oh, he’s trying to kill me”

A video of the incident, which quickly made the rounds on several Reddit threads and other social media and was shared via text message to residents of Delaware and beyond, attracted considerable attention on Thursday and Friday.

On the golf subreddit, the post had nearly 25,000 upvotes by Friday morning. The title of the post was “Attempted murder on the golf course.”

“I was expecting someone to mess up a ride, not an actual murder attempt,” wrote one commenter.

Another commenter said he was the man who ran away “right before the driver crashed into the golf cart my buddy was in.”

He said he and his friends had just finished the 16th hole. The driver of the Bronco, he said, was “doing donuts all over the driving range” and he pulled out his phone to snap a photo of the license plate.

“The driver saw me filming him and turned around to hit me,” the user wrote. “In about 0.5 seconds it went from 'I'm taking a picture of some idiot' to 'oh he's trying to kill me.'”

Delaware Online/The News Journal was unable to verify the accuracy of the user comment.

The driver of the Bronco was charged with reckless endangerment, driving under the influence of drugs, hit and run after an accident involving personal injury, “malicious damage to property by a motor vehicle,” no insurance coverage and several traffic violations.

The golf club is located in White Clay Creek State Park, which is why DNREC police responded.

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