A 3-year-old boy hit and killed his 7-year-old brother while driving a golf cart in Florida. Officials are investigating the incident. WBBH’s Sarah Metts reports.
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I never let my kids have one of those motorized kid cars. Those are accidents waiting to happen.
They are discussing golf carts. DUH
@🌐~Sugar Xyler my point was that I do not think motorized toy cars are safe MUCH LESS golf carts. Duh 🙄
When will the parents be arrested ?
I look after my dog better than parents look over their kids.
Aint that the truth… I hate my family dog, and i still treat him better. I think it’s fishy, but at least it wasn’t ” 3 year old shoots sibling with gun found under couch cushion.”
So very sad 😢😢😢
Truth ❤
Unfortunately your so right
Your dog is actually more important than children.
Charge the parents. Oh, yeah. It’s Florida. Murder is legal in Florida.
Accidents happen they just do
So it’s manslaughter rather than negligent homicide? Is that where we’re going here?
This was not an accident……..it was poor parenting who provided no oversight of their children. Didn’t have to happen.
@Kathy Maeve I never said the parents are not negligent but I doubt they saw this coming.🙄
@Christopher Parks unseen occurrences befall us all
sistah humpers do it more often…. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inbreeding
Have absolutely no sympathy at all, how does a 3 yo get the cart? Charge the parents!
so he’s like Nancy Pelosi’s husband…. killed his own brother. So what…
Rest in peace precious child 🙏🌹🙏
Parents need to be charged
“When you were 3 you killed your big brother with a golf cart.” That’ll be a tough one to live with.
Negligent homicide. His parents killed his brother via negligence.
THATS quite a lot of trauma on everybody’s behalf
God Bless this family. I pray the 3yr old is ok mentally.This was so sad.
The parents are mentally unstable.
Very interesting white privilege and white supremacy is never held accountable only black people.
Luckily the 7 yo was not armed at the time. Is this really where we’re at? He or she wanted to has gotten way out of hand.
Chicken has come home to roost.
It is usually a male shooting his sister or mama in the head
Golf cart laws incoming.
I bet they’re Republitards
Suspicious… 3 years old? No way
Golf carts are not toys. Just two days ago, I watched a video of a young child driving a golf cart, while her mom tried to warn her to slow down. I don’t like being the killjoy in the comments, but kids shouldn’t be driving golf carts, 4 wheelers, jet skis, mini bikes, snow mobiles, tractors, mowers, or any other moving vehicle with power, weight, and speed.
No some things need to be said
My brother had already gotten two tickets for driving without a license before the age of twelve. Both for driving our dad’s farm truck for him. My dad got mad at the cop,so they let us go both times.
Exactly. Sunday I watched a kid back a boat into it’s shelter. It took way over a hour and he hit his grandma’s car 😂
They make low powered size appropriate powered vehicles for children 7 and up. I sold 4 wheelers for awhile and the problem is…parents don’t want to waste money on the child appropriate ones so they buy the big ones and let children drive them with no governing of the throttle. Then awful things happen. It’s a parental provoked issue . Even small age appropriate vehicles are dangerous and the kids should have helmets and be supervised. Supervision is NOT what happens
@JB The stats I’ve seen on the toy vehicles, show that most of the deaths and injuries come from encounters with CARS. As in, the kids took the toys on the road. I’ve seen this in my own neighborhood, when parents think the cul-de-sac is safe. I’ve also seen some of those toys go faster than mom or dad can run–which means the kids can easily get into danger.
I’m more concerned with the more powerful vehicles that people treat as safe, and kid-friendly. Golf carts have killed teenagers–they’re definitely not for little kids. I’ve also read that doctors warn not to let kids using riding mowers (and push mowers too.) Everyone thinks that since these things don’t go very fast, that they’re safe. They’re obviously not.
Well, at least the kid knows what a speed bump is now.
what kind of dumb Republican parents let a 3-yo to drive a golf cart?!
My god, this is tragic! That poor 3-year-old will live with this for the rest of his life.
He won’t even remember doing it.
@Daryl LectI highly doubt that 💔
Tragedy because the parents think a golf cart is harmless…and it’s cute to let the children drive it. Parents are at fault…ask the three year old how Mommy and Daddy let him drive it.
When will parents wake up to the mischief kids can get into when things aren’t available to them? Every tool, firearm, vehicle, kitchen device, etc. needs to be secured against misuse.
It is like herding cats.
@residentgrey all human children are animals. They have to be treated as such.
@residentgrey Do you belong to an organization beginning with M?
😢🙏🏽
Wow what a terrible way to find out you’re a negligent parent. Reality just slapping you in the face. At some point our society will begin to take care of it’s youth again. Welcome to Florida, a 7 and 3 year old can just be joyriding a golf cart around the yard without any supervision. Honestly, i think there is more to this case than they want to say. Lt. seems pretty shaken up and you pretty much have to hit vitals with a golf cart to get it in 1 blow, i imagine. There is some curious circumstances here that i’m sure will never be released. It seems like a tough situation for anyone closely involved.
I agree.
I agree too unfortunately. rip little boy🌹🙏
This is the parents fault and their fault alone. This young boy had to lose his life because they weren’t supervising. The 3 year old is lucky he also didn’t lose his life…because that could have easily happened while driving a golf cart.
Parents should be held accountable period. THE END
For something they did not do why?
You must not have kids.
@residentgrey
He sounds responsible 👍
@residentgrey Infact I do… 3 to be exxact… 2 graduated high school this year and the other expected to graduate next year… Raised by myself and their Grandmother, “my mother” since birth.
Too bad. The parents aren’t too bright apparently.
This is clearly the fault of the NSDAPcrats
Where were parents?
Making videos of themselves shooting up some cases of Bud Lite.
Did they test his bottle for alcohol?
They did but then the 3 year old kid declared himself a RepublIQan candidate for the 2024 presidential election and moved to get any court dates pushed back until after the election.
Adult negligence! But sad!
Prove it
Guess we’ll just have to follow up on this case
Wow, Florida man is getting started younger and younger
Horrible if the PARENTS ARE NOT LYING. DRUNK AND HIT THE 7 YR OLD. BLAMED IT ON A BABY. Bcuz they’re saying a baby tiny hands n tiny feet shifted Gears into drive or reverse, started a golf cart, had enough strength to push the accelerator and cause FATAL IMPACT.. But if he did I don’t know; I would more than likely relocate and LIE by omission and raise my 3 yr old on a omitted lie. His brother died in a horrible accident. I would NEVER tell him it was him . EVER.. That’s something he would have to find out on his own. If this was truly an accident. I smell drunk/ high AZZ neglectful parents. That knows the cops. That officer was way too protective n choking on his words. The cop looked guilty.
I really hope there’s an investigation! It sounds awful if it’s really what happened but authorities need to do their job here.
Good points…. Sorry to these brothers who were likely boys being boys…. It seems so unlikely someone would die getting hit by a golf cart at close range…. My 3YO wouldn’t have the dexterity to do this whatsoever…. Maybe hit the gas for all of 5 seconds.
@Ema KelleyYes it’s tough to imagine a 3yr having enough angle with TINY FEET and strength on an ACCELERATOR to cause FATAL IMPACT. . I Want to know was the cart in drive or reverse, like how did TINY HANDS SHIFT INTO GEAR??
A 3 year old killed a 7 year old? Where’s the parents at? Shouldn’t be happening that’s why I never leave these kids alone by themselves.
Florida….Where America goes to die.
May I propose a Leash Law??
There are several golf carts in my neighborhood. We see seniors driving them everyday through the two adjacent subdivisions. I have a three year granddaughter. No way her feet could reach the peddles on a golf cart. Something is off here about this story.
Maybe the kid wasn’t sitting down and couldn’t see his brother?
@Lady Barbie Dahl if there is no foul play involved I bet someone left the golf cart turned on and the brakes off. My grandpa taught me to start driving the golf cart at probably 8 or 9 years old. Taught me so much safety about driving and what to remember or watch for. More kids need a grandpa and grandma these days.
Sounds like the dog who was driving drunk story. 🧐
My sister lives in a neighborhood where many people have golf carts. I see underage kids driving them on the streets of the neighborhood all the time.
Gg
The parents are negligent no doubt….
@residentgrey still it amounts to an
un-supervised kid that equals parental neglect and even child endangerment. Whoever was responsible for those children failed them both. Charges should get filed.
@brobles8888 You can look away for one second and be too late. You must not know anything about kids.
@brobles8888 Let the parents grieve, ingrate.
@brobles8888 Where is the neglect? You present no proof of such. The situation does not yet qualify for such a claim. Again, you must have been an only child and not ever had any kids under your care. They can be worse than sheep.
@residentgrey name calling really makes you look a certain way. As a parent I would never let my 3yr old have a chance to get behind the wheel of any moving vehicle. Says so much about you turning your back on your kids, too. The chances neglect and child endangerment happened more than the twisted scenario you made up in your head that triggered you to respond multiple times to one comment and then resort to name calling is what’s wrong with people these days. Get a grip. You and I both know this accident could have been avoided if the guardians were doing their due diligence. Stop finger pointing and look to the fact you turn your back in your own kids as an excuse for this kind of thing to happen. #booyou!
Skill based matchmaking
What a promising lil fella
Certified future florida man right shenanigans
Oof. It would be funny if death weren’t the result.
It happens in blue states too………
Some parents have more money than brains.
Ban all teh golf carts
How did a 3 year old reach the pedal on a golf cart. Something seems wrong with the story.
3 year old can’t fully comprehend what has happened.
Police should put the 3 year old behind the wheel of the go cart again and see if they can even drive the cart and how fast they can drive it.
The stupidity of parents is truly astounding
Most new golf carts don’t move if the driver weighs less than about 120lb.
Charge the parents
hope the parents or whoever was watching the children is charge with child endangerment and neglect. i am sorry the child is dead. i’m sad for the child who dove the cart. i have no sympathy for the adults who should have stopped this from happening , by not allowing a child to operate the cart. charges should be forthwith.
WHY WAS A 3 YR OLD DRIVING A GOLFCART!?!🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
Did they do a sobriety test…just saying it’s Florida.
My best guess is that when her see the 3 yes old in g cart’ he jumped to stop it b4… danger’ and miscalculated wrongly and get last balanced get run over and succumb …injury
And how many times were you held back in 3rd grade?
@Shay Jaxson Actually, that guess makes sense. The same thing happened to actor Jeremy Renner recently, only he was attempting to stop a snow plow instead of a golfcart.
@MEMA AMEM Lol, I agree, just the poster’s wording was irritating my brain cells. 😂😂
Blessings to the survivors.
This 3 year old must have awfully long legs to drive a cart.
The parents need to be charged
This is just so tragic 🙁
The total amount of stupidity in this State is unbelievable. Every year toddlers drown in some body of water or are roasted in the back seat of a car, so much STUPID!!
Eh, kids are super durable. Well, some of them anyway.
A child of that age has no business driving a golf cart
See it all the time in campgrounds. Parents don’t give a crap because they use everybody else in the campground as their babysitter. RIP young man. 🙏
My thoughts and heart go out to the 7yr old big brother tragic lost his life RIP LITTLE BOY 🌹🙏
where were the grown ups
condolences to the family.🙏
What kind of parent doesn’t watch a three year old. There is something definitely wrong with parenting in America.
Another incident of no accountability and excuses will follow.
The newscasters were questioning the “whereabouts of the seven-year-old at the time he was struck.” – What about the parents? They finally got around to that, but, geez!!
new didnt do that chit, thats was the cops.. try open ears
Wypipo
No one seem to watch that 3 year old very stupid indeed
*FLORIDA* again. They can get a gun at 5 1/2.
I guess FDL is 3.
Child Endangerment and Neglect, No other way to look at it.
say what???? the parents need to be held accountable
how irresponsible of the adults
sheeesh
what a waste of life they should be ashamed
Poor kiddos😢
Ban golf. Ban brothers. Ban Florida.
Total failure by the parents, poor kids. Smh
In short, the 3-year-old was going putt-putt on the golf cart and ended up putting a hole in one.
Clever 😂
If you can’t reach the brake pedal you aren’t driving. How does a three year old even step on the accelerator pedal?
Will he go to prison for murder?
Florida men are like sharks… baby sharks in the womb (if you know…) 😅
Why was a 3 year old unsupervised and driving anything that’s made for an adult?!
This is Lee county better known as Fort Myers FL
The perfect crime, Well played young lad
It’s not my news outlet, but if it was, I would not run this story until details (regarding how a toddler sat in a golfcart’s driver side and put his feet on the gas) are known. Sorry.
Florida . . .
When parents with a combined mental acuity of a three year old decide it’s a good idea to let a child drive.. Because no price is too high for a dumb stunt.
Sounds fishy.
Can we get some good news once in a while at least?
At some point the family must have taught/ encouraged the child or children to drive the golf cart. Why were the keys left in it? Where were the adults?
i vividly remember being two and three years old. he’s going to remember it, and what he doesn’t remember, he’ll never stop hearing about it.
at best the adults around them were negligent. what a horrible thing to have happen. i hope that little boy who passed away wasn’t in too much pain.
How can a 3yr old even reach the gas pedal?
The Devil made him do it.
I wouldnt even imagine someone, even a 7 year old child could be fatally hit by a Golf Cart. Poor kids.
So don Jr ran over Eric while fleeing FL
While this happened on private property, children are allowed to drive golf carts all the time, particularly in golfing and mobile home communities. Grandma and grandpa and mom and dad think its cute. They never consider liability issues. Some seem to know what they’re doing as they navigate around. Others drive too fast. A 3 year old? Really? Someone was negligent. The cops will gloss this over. I don’t expect any charges to the adults who allowed this nor will child protective services be involved. See how little media attention this has garnered? Police are hoping this will fade away, they feel these people lost a kid why bring charges?
Tragic. ❤😢❤😢❤ For the family, may you grow stronger through adversity. R.I.P..
since its florida either the 3yr old should be charged with murder & then he can claim stand my ground defense as the 7yr old was a threat….
Charge the parents. What 3 year old should be driving a golf cart??
Who would let a 3 year old drive a golf cart? Bad parents.