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Article: DWI charge follows fatal fall off golf cart; A Faribault man's death prompts warnings about the use of alcohol while driving even small vehicles.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- July 7, 2008
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Byline: ABBY SIMONS; STAFF WRITER
A Faribault man is dead and his friend behind bars awaiting charges for vehicular homicide following a July 4th golf cart accident. Rice County authorities called it a tragic reminder of the dangers of drunken driving, even on small motorized vehicles.
Randy Dean Ronquist, 41, died after falling backward from the rear of the moving golf cart following an evening fireworks show at Hoy's Resort campground along French Lake in Rice County, near Faribault. Sgt. Dan Silkey with the Rice County Sheriff's Office said authorities were called to the campground shortly before 11 p.m., where they discovered Ronquist. He wasn't ...