Elderly man injured in golf cart accident
An elderly man was injured Wednesday afternoon when a golf cart he was driving fell 30 feet over an embankment on West Pike Street in Houston.
According to a 911 dispatcher, the 87-year-old man was taken by ambulance to Allegheny Health Network Canonsburg General Hospital, where he was flown by emergency helicopter to a Pittsburgh hospital following the 5:20 p.m. accident.
The dispatcher said the man was driving the golf cart on his property.
Houston police and firefighters from Houston Volunteer Fire Department were assisted by Chartiers Township firefighters.