An 80-year-old Villager was ticketed on a charge of careless driving after a collision with a landscaper’s Gator utility vehicle that sent the driver to the hospital.
A Valley Crest landscaper, 29-year-old Daniel Santos of Ocala, had been traveling south on Avenida Central near Alverez Avenue at 2 p.m. June 9 when his vehicle was struck by four-door automobile driven by Arthur J. Pawlus, according to an accident report from the Lady Lake Police Department.
Santos was ejected from the utility vehicle. He was transported by ambulance to Ocala Regional Medical Center.
Pawlus will have to re-take his driving exam, the accident report indicated.
