A 15-year-old Peachtree City

girl has been cited by police for driving a golf cart recklessly after

the cart flipped over Thursday evening, seriously injuring one of the

passengers, according to police.

And less than an hour later,

another golf cart accident with a 15-year-old driver was recorded.

The first crash occurred on

the cart path along Waterwood Bend near Nettlecure Court, according to

the report. Police determined the cart was attempting to negotiate a curve

at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control of the vehicle.

The driver and all three passengers

were ejected from the vehicle, the report stated. One of the passengers

was pinned under the vehicle, according to the report. Each of the passengers

was 16 or younger, the report stated.

The driver was cited for reckless

driving, police said.

The second crash occurred near

the cart path tunnel under Ga. Highway 54 at the Crossings East shopping

center. The 15-year-old driver's cart collided with another vehicle that

was headed in the opposite direction, the report indicates.

No injuries were reported but

the 15-year-old driver admitted he was on the wrong side of the cart path

and was driving too fast, the report states.

Charges in that case are pending,

police said.

The City Council agreed last

year to allow 15-year-olds to drive golf carts unsupervised as long as

they carried a valid Georgia learner's permit.

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