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It seems every time a Canadian gets in a golf cart down here they get a DUI. (after the 2009 SOS party one of the guys from Double R crashed a golf cart and got a DUI with injuries)
Ocean Reef golf cart accident results in DUI, injury
BY JOSH GORE Free Press Staff
jgore@keysnews.com
NORTH KEY LARGO -- A golf cart accident on Ocean Reef last month landed one woman in jail and her friend in a Homestead hospital.
Joanna Kwant, 24, of Burlington, Ontario, was driving a golf cart with friend Rachel Bowman in the passenger seat at about 2 a.m. March 18 in the employee housing area. After they were asked to leave the off-limits area, Kwant allegedly began arguing with a club employee.
She then allegedly made a sharp left turn on Nirvana Lane, causing Bowman to fall out of the cart, hit her head and lose consciousness. According to witnesses, Kwant got out of the cart and began slapping Bowman in the face apparently to wake her up. A club employee then backed Kwant away from Bowman to prevent serious injury, according to the arrest report.
After police and emergency crews arrived, Bowman was taken to Homestead Hospital for treatment.
Kwant originally told officers Bowman fell off the back of the cart, but witnesses would not corroborate that story.
Kwant allegedly told police she had been drinking after officers found plastic cups and beer cans in the cart. She acknowledged a beer in the cart was hers and told police she had consumed at least three beers, the report says.
Officers asked Kwant to perform a field sobriety test and declined to allow her to consult with her parents who were on scene or to call an attorney. She declined to perform the field test and later would not take a breathalyzer test, the arrest report says.
Kwant was taken to Plantation Key jail and charged with felony driving while intoxicated and causing injury to another.
jgore@keysnews.com
Ocean Reef golf cart accident results in DUI, injury
BY JOSH GORE Free Press Staff
jgore@keysnews.com
NORTH KEY LARGO -- A golf cart accident on Ocean Reef last month landed one woman in jail and her friend in a Homestead hospital.
Joanna Kwant, 24, of Burlington, Ontario, was driving a golf cart with friend Rachel Bowman in the passenger seat at about 2 a.m. March 18 in the employee housing area. After they were asked to leave the off-limits area, Kwant allegedly began arguing with a club employee.
She then allegedly made a sharp left turn on Nirvana Lane, causing Bowman to fall out of the cart, hit her head and lose consciousness. According to witnesses, Kwant got out of the cart and began slapping Bowman in the face apparently to wake her up. A club employee then backed Kwant away from Bowman to prevent serious injury, according to the arrest report.
After police and emergency crews arrived, Bowman was taken to Homestead Hospital for treatment.
Kwant originally told officers Bowman fell off the back of the cart, but witnesses would not corroborate that story.
Kwant allegedly told police she had been drinking after officers found plastic cups and beer cans in the cart. She acknowledged a beer in the cart was hers and told police she had consumed at least three beers, the report says.
Officers asked Kwant to perform a field sobriety test and declined to allow her to consult with her parents who were on scene or to call an attorney. She declined to perform the field test and later would not take a breathalyzer test, the arrest report says.
Kwant was taken to Plantation Key jail and charged with felony driving while intoxicated and causing injury to another.
jgore@keysnews.com
