{"id":779162,"date":"2026-07-04T05:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/779162\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T05:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:31:20","slug":"neighbors-raise-concerns-after-golf-cart-crash-in-sanford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/779162\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbors raise concerns after golf cart crash in Sanford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe two people who were hospitalized after a golf cart crash Thursday night in Sanford are now in stable condition, according to policeThe accident happened after 11 p.m., the Sanford Police Department said.The golf cart collided with a truck on Sanford Avenue and 7th Street. Neighbors who live near where it happened told WESH 2 News they have safety concerns about their street. &#8220;I ran out as soon as I heard (the crash),&#8221; Lois Hickman said. Hickman has lived on Sanford Avenue for the last eight years. &#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of speeding going in and out of downtown Sanford, especially on the weekends,&#8221; she said. She wants to see drivers slow down and the city to work on solutions. &#8220;I think there needs to be more lights put around in these residential streets, because they do get really dark at night,&#8221; Hickman said.  The intersection is a golf cart crossing. The traffic crash report lists the driver of the golf cart as at fault for allegedly failing to yield, police said.&#8221;We are not aware of any recent concerns about speeding in the downtown area of Sanford, but we continue to encourage all drivers to maintain a safe speed while operating their vehicles,&#8221; the statement reads.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSANFORD, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The two people who were hospitalized after a golf cart crash Thursday night in Sanford are now in stable condition, according to police<\/p>\n<p>The accident happened after 11 p.m., the Sanford Police Department said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/golf-cart-truck-crash-in-seminole-county\/71815838\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">golf cart collided with a truck<\/a> on Sanford Avenue and 7th Street. Neighbors who live near where it happened told WESH 2 News they have safety concerns about their street. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I ran out as soon as I heard (the crash),&#8221; Lois Hickman said. <\/p>\n<p>Hickman has lived on Sanford Avenue for the last eight years. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of speeding going in and out of downtown Sanford, especially on the weekends,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n<p>She wants to see drivers slow down and the city to work on solutions. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think there needs to be more lights put around in these residential streets, because they do get really dark at night,&#8221; Hickman said.  <\/p>\n<p>The intersection is a <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfordfl.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Golfcart-Map-11.08.2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">golf cart crossing<\/a>. The traffic crash report lists the driver of the golf cart as at fault for allegedly failing to yield, police said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are not aware of any recent concerns about speeding in the downtown area of Sanford, but we continue to encourage all drivers to maintain a safe speed while operating their vehicles,&#8221; the statement reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The two people who were hospitalized after a golf cart crash Thursday night in Sanford are now in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[276012,49,48,23865,6973,622,169437,276010,13527,112145,44,197570,79181,276011,82,232970,276013,18246,87665],"class_list":["post-779162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-7th-street","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-concern","tag-driver","tag-golf","tag-golf-cart-crash","tag-lois-hickman","tag-lot","tag-neighbor","tag-news","tag-safety-concern","tag-sanford","tag-sanford-avenue","tag-sports","tag-stable-condition","tag-traffic-crash-report","tag-truck","tag-wesh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}