A DOG walker was left bruised and unconscious just days after moving into a new area as a golf course has residents fearing for their lives. James Grimes from Pembroke Pines, located 22 miles north of Miami, Florida , moved into the Park Place condo community just five days before he became a victim of the local golf course. The 66-year-old went to walk his dog in his new neighborhood when a rogue golf ball struck him in the head.
"The ball literally knocked me out," he told Fox News affiliate WSVN last week while sporting a black eye and swollen cheek. "All of a sudden, a white light. I was completely unconscious.
" "I don't even know how long I was unconscious. I remember wiping my face and seeing blood on my hand," Grimes recalled. After he came to, the new resident scrambled back upstairs to his apartment to call 911 as he had gone out without his cell phone.
Despite the damage done to his face, Grimes sustained no broken bones and had no bleeding on the brain. However, doctors were quick to tell him how lucky he had been with just half an inch potentially being the difference between life and death. "The golf ball literally hit me right here in the eye, but just another half inch back is my temple," Grimes said.
"It would have killed me. I mean I would not be here to have this interview." Residents at the complex have previously spoken out about the dangers of living next to the city-owned golf course.
"When I moved in, within the first month, the front window of my car, .
