Texas golfer slips, falls over embankment, dies while trying to retrieve stray ball
By APSaturday, October 3, 2009
Texas golfer dies trying to retrieve stray ball
RICHARDSON, Texas — A Texas golfer has died after he fell over an embankment while trying to retrieve his golf ball.
Richardson police Sgt. Kevin Perlich says 61-year-old William Michael Grant of Garland was playing in a golf tournament Friday at Sherrill Park Golf Course when he overshot a green.
Police say Grant was trying to get his ball when witnesses saw him slip and fall about 10 feet. Perlich says it appears Grant broke his neck, but the medical examiner’s office has not yet confirmed that.
Grant was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Information from: The Dallas Morning News, www.dallasnews.com
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