Crime & Safety
Woman Arrested for Alleged Drunken Driving in Golf Cart
A 52-year-old from Palm Desert was arrested for suspicion of drunken driving, police said.
PALM DESERT, CA - A drunken woman crashed her golf cart into a parked car at a Palm Desert country club and was slightly injured, police said Sunday.
It happened at 9:28 p.m. Saturday at Indian Ridge Drive and Eagle Dance Circle, inside the Indian Ridge Country Club, said sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Wilson.
The woman tried a left turn onto Indian Ridge Drive and crashed into the rear bumper of an unoccupied parked car.
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Virginia Glidden, 52, of Palm Desert, was arrested for suspicion of drunken driving, Wilson said.
She was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, before being booked at the Riverside County jail in Indio.
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