{"id":192717,"date":"2026-03-15T20:13:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/192717\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T20:13:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:13:05","slug":"8-people-ejected-seriously-injured-after-golf-cart-hit-by-vehicle-in-wesley-chapel-fhp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/192717\/","title":{"rendered":"8 people ejected, seriously injured after golf cart hit by vehicle in Wesley Chapel: FHP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/g-cart-crash-fi-3.15.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol <\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. &#8211; Eight people riding on a golf cart were ejected and seriously injured Saturday evening in a rollover crash after they were hit by a vehicle in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pasco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Wesley Chapel<\/a>, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Florida <\/a>Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">FHP says the crash happened shortly before 6:30 p.m. along Elam Road, west of Callow Ford Drive.<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/macdill-air-force-base-is-devastated-loss-three-members-99th-air-refueling-squadron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MacDill Air Force Base announces the loss of three members of the 99th Air Refueling Squadron<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Troopers say a 43-year-old Wesley Chapel man was driving a golf cart eastbound in a golf cart lane when he tried to make a U-turn into the path of a Honda sedan traveling behind him.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/g-cart-pic-1-3.15.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol <\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">The Honda, driven by a 17-year-old girl from Wesley Chapel, hit the golf cart. The crash caused the golf cart to overturn, and all eight occupants were ejected, investigators said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">After the crash, the Honda traveled onto the roadway shoulder and partially into a nearby pond before coming to a stop, according to FHP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Troopers say the eight people on the golf cart were hospitalized for serious injuries, including the driver, his wife, their five children, and a 16-year-old neighbor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/g-cart-pic-2-3.15.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol <\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">The teenage driver of the Honda and a 17-year-old female passenger were not injured in the crash, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">FHP did not say if anyone is facing charges related to the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information for this story was provided by the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pasco\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pasco County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. &#8211; Eight people riding on a golf cart were ejected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[47,115,4136,135,137,136,628],"class_list":["post-192717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-pasco","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}