(Palermo, NY – Aug. 12, 2011) At approximately 2:15 p.m. Aug. 12, the New York State Police in Fulton were dispatched to Goodfellow Road in the Town of Palermo for a personal injury accident involving a golf cart.
The investigation revealed that two 8 year old boys who were life-long best friends, had been driving around private property on an electric golf cart. Curtis Mace was driving an EZ-Go brand golf cart around the property with his best friend, Cole Dolbear, who was riding on the rear of the cart.
Dolbear had fallen off the back of the cart and was then accidentally backed over by the rear of the golf cart. Mace was unaware that his friend had fallen off the cart when this occurred.
Life saving measures were attempted at the scene by parents and members of the Palermo Volunteer Fire Department who had been dispatched to the scene.
Dolbear was transported by Menter’s Ambulance to Oswego Hospital with a serious head injury, where he was subsequently pronounced deceased.
The boys’ respective elementary schools have been notified and will be providing grief counseling to students.





