WESLEY CHAPEL, FL — Four teenagers were thrown from a golf cart Friday when it collided with a car at a Wesley Chapel intersection, leaving two girls seriously injured, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The crash happened at Overpass Road and Watergrass Parkway around 8:20 p.m.
According to FHP, a 14-year-old girl from Wesley Chapel was driving an Ezgo golf cart eastbound in the left-turn lane of Overpass Road when she tried to turn left onto northbound Watergrass Parkway under a flashing yellow arrow.
The golf cart entered the path of a westbound Nissan Maxima driven by a 38-year-old Wesley Chapel man, and the vehicles collided, police said.
All four teenagers were ejected from the golf cart.
The 14-year-old driver and a 15-year-old girl from Odessa suffered serious injuries and were taken to a hospital, according to FHP.
Two 13-year-old boys from Wesley Chapel suffered minor injuries and were not taken to a hospital.
Police said the Nissan driver was uninjured.
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