At approximately 2:00p.m. on Sunday the Kelowna Fire Department dispatch center received a call from the BC Ambulance Service reporting a golf cart accident at the Tower Ranch Golf Course on the 12th fairway.
Fire and BCAS crews arrived on scene and were then transported to the patient with assistance from golf course staff.
The male patient had suffered significant ankle, hip and shoulder injuries when he was ejected from a golf cart, which had rolled and landed on top of him.
One other male also suffered minor injuries.
The Kelowna Fire Department ATV (Gator) was dispatched to the scene to provide secure transportation from the fairway back to the waiting ambulance.
The patient was accessed, treated and then packaged at the scene prior to transport.
Both patients were transported to KGH.