The two adults and two children were traveling in a golf cart in Galveston when Miguel Espinoza, 45, allegedly flew through a stop sign and struck the cart and a pickup truck around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, according to Galveston police. . The driver of the golf cart was pronounced dead at the scene, while a female and two juvenile passengers were rushed to an area hospital, where all three died. The two remaining passengers, an adult and a juvenile, were in critical condition Sunday, police said. Espinoza, of Rosenberg, Texas, and his passenger suffered minor injuries and were treated at the hospital and released. Espinoza was subsequently charged with four counts of intoxication manslaughter. He is being held in the Galveston County Jail on $400,000 bond, police said. The occupants of the truck were not injured. The names and ages of the victims have not yet been released. Galveston police said they are members of two different families who had rented the golf cart, which they were driving legally on a city street. Golf carts have become a popular mode of transportation in the resort area, about 50 miles southeast of Houston, and city officials have created ordinances aimed at making them safer. With Post cables.
