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| MAN FOLLOWS CAR IN ACCIDENT ON A SCOOTER |
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WENGNews writes, "A MAN WHO CAME UPON A FATAL ACCIDENT IN FORT OGDEN ON MONDAY FOLLOWED THE CAR THAT WAS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED FOR MILES INTO CHARLOTTE COUNTY ON HIS MOTORIZED SCOOTER. ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES AND THE SUN, 82 YEAR OLD DURWARD GREENWOOD, A CANADIAN WINTERING IN PUNTA GORDA, STRUCK 77 YEAR OLD GERALD WEBB, ANOTHER CANADIAN WINTERING HERE, WHILE HE DROVE HIS GOLF CART NEAR THE SUNNYBREEZE GOLF COURSE MONDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, GREENWOOD REPORTEDLY SPED AWAY, ONLY TO BE FOLLOWED BY 78 YEAR OLD ELMER MORRA OF DESOTO COUNTY. MORRA WAS ON A YAMAHA SCOOTER, AND HE TOLD THE SUN THAT HE CHASED GREENWOOD AT SPEEDS OF EIGHTY MILES PER HOUR INTO PUNTA GORDA. GREENWOOD DROVE TO HIS HOME ON TAHITI COURT, WHICH IS A DEAD END STREET, AND THAT’S WHEN MORRA GOT SOMEONE TO CALL 911. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES WENT TO THE HOME AND FOUND GREENWOOD, THEN CALLED TROOPERS IN TO MAKE THE ARREST. HE WAS CHARGED WITH HIT AND RUN AND LEAVING THE SCENE OF A CRASH INVOLVING DEATH. GREENWOOD POSTED THE $10,000 BOND AND WAS RELEASED MONDAY NIGHT FROM THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL. "
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Posted on Mar 05, 2008 05:31am.
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