IL Teen Dies After Golf Cart Goes Off Steep Hill In WI

COLUMBIA COUNTY, WI — A 17-year-old girl from Illinois has died following an accident on a golf cart at a campground in Wisconsin. The girl was on a golf cart with her mother when it went off a steep hill at the Crystal Lake Campground in the town of West Point and rolled 40 feet down the hill before coming to rest at the shoreline of Crystal Lake.

Both the teen and her mother were thrown from the golf cart, according to a news release from the Columbia County Sheriff's Office. The teen, who became pinned underneath the golf cart, was not breathing and had no pulse when the paramedics first arrived at the scene shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday.

She did regain a pulse and was breathing before she left the scene and was taken to the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, where she died on Wednesday, according to a press release.

Authorities say both the mother and the teen were drinking alcohol prior to the incident. But it's unclear at this point who was driving the golf cart at the time and what events led up to the crash.

The crash remains under investigation and anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call Columbia County Detective Sgt. David Clark at 608-742-4166 extension 3317.

Patch will update with more information as it becomes available.