(8-11-23) Thursday at 5:10 pm Van Wert County Sheriff’s Deputies along with the Grover Hill EMS responded to a location on Defiance Trail Road in Hoaglin Township for a crash on private property involving a golf cart.

A Club Car Golf Cart driven by Gerald Rogers, was traveling southbound in his yard at 16771 Defiance Trail. Rogers was standing in his golf cart when he stepped on the accelerator where he then struck a utility pole. Rogers sustained serious injury and was transported to Van Wert Health by the Grover Hill EMS.