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Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Golf Cart Crash
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) -- The executors of the estate of an 88-year-old woman killed in a golf-car accident at a western Illinois casino are suing the company.

Virginia Armon of Peru died after a Jumer's Casino Rock Island employee hit her with the golf cart on June 19, 2009.

A wrongful death lawsuit claims the employee was driving too fast and didn't properly warn Armon that the cart was coming toward her.

The suit also claims Jumer's didn't provide the employee with adequate training on golf cart safety.

The employee hasn't been criminally charged.

The lawsuit was filed by Renee Wofford and the Rev. Kenneth Przybyla. They're seeking at least $100,000 in damages.

A message left for a Jumer's spokesman Friday wasn't immediately returned.

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