Dog Driving Golf Cart Causes ‘Serious’ Accident As It Runs Over Little Girl
A dog named Bella caused a freak accident involving a little girl after it decided wanted to take a nap, and ended up laying on the cart’s accelerator.
Thus the unnamed child was hurt in a bizarre event over the weekend in Michigan when she was struck by a golf cart driven by an arson dog. The “minor event” occurred on Saturday at the Blues, Brews, and BBQ festival, according to the Westland Fire Department.
“The fire department’s Arson Dog, Bella, was sitting on the seat of a golf cart the fire department was using for the event,” explains a statement on the incident. “She jumped onto the floor and laid down, laying across the accelerator pedal.”
The golf cart then jutted forward and started heading toward a crowd of people. A firefighter in the passenger seat of the golf cart “reacted quickly to try to steer the cart away from any people and toward the tents that the fire department were occupying.”
In doing so, the cart struck the 4-year-old girl.
“The passenger side front tire ran over her left leg,” according to the statement.
Paramedics at the scene “immediately assessed the child for injuries,” and while she was visibly shaken by the incident, she had no obvious injuries and her mother refused further treatment.
“Fortunately, the child was back to eating her popcorn within minutes of the incident and within 10 minutes of the incident was back to jumping in the fire department bounce house,” the statement adds.
