[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Rice man injured in golf cart vs. truck accident died days later[/title][fusion_text]Wednesday, October 28th 2015
A 77-year-old Rice man who was struck by a pickup truck while riding a golf cart on a lakeside road in central Minnesota on a Sunday afternoon has died. Edward J. Ringwelski died Friday, five days after the collision along the western shore of Little Rock Lake in Watab Township, southeast of Rice. The use of golf carts on public roads is illegal in Minnesota except where local jurisdictions pass an overriding ordinance. Deputies were called to the crash scene shortly after 3:00pm on October 18th and determined that Ringwelski had been riding his golf cart south on W. Lake Road, less than 2 miles from his home, where it collided with a pickup truck backing out of a driveway. Emergency responders treated Ringwelski at the scene before he was transported to St. Cloud Hospital with critical injuries. The pickup’s driver, 45-year old James Truwe of Medina, was not hurt. Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck said Tuesday that his office is investigating the crash and intends to send a case to the county attorney’s office for possible charges.
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