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MARDELA SPRINGS, Md. - A Parsonsburg man has died after suffering a head injury in a golf cart accident in Mardela Springs this past weekend. 

According to the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office, Chris James Ehinger, 38, was operating a golf cart on Saturday, July 1st just before 11p.m. when he attempted to exit the cart before coming to a complete stop.

Ehinger tripped and fell backwards, according to police, hitting his head on the pavement causing a severe head injury. Police responded to the report along with EMS, but Ehinger was pronounced deceased at the site.

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