Jeff Sperbeck's death in the California golf car falls a tragic accident “

The death of John Elway's long -time friend and business partner after a fall from a golf car Elway drove a “tragic accident” in California last weekend, said the local sheriff.

Denver7 Investigates reported at the beginning of this week that Elway drove the car when Sperbeck fell off at around 7 p.m. local time last Saturday. Sperbeck had viable in the Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs before he died shortly after Wednesday at 1 a.m.

The sheriff of Riverside County, Chad Bianco, told the Denver7 media partners in Denver Post that first aiders after receiving the 911 call about the accident would not have immediately contacted the Sheriff's office in order to investigate.

The Sheriff's office announced Denver7 that he only found out about the accident on Monday afternoon. Bianco informed the position that “nothing found that we found to suggest that the prosecution should have been involved from the start.

“Although the examination has not yet been completed, we have not learned anything else to indicate that this is something other than a tragic accident,” said Bianco in a statement obtained from Denver7.

Biano also announced the post that there was no evidence that Elway was trained on site, according to first aiders.

An explanation by Elway from ESPN did not speak for his participation in the crash.

“I am absolutely destroyed and broken with broken heart due to the death of my close friend, business partner and agents Jeff Sperbeck,” it was partly. “There are no words to really express the profound sadness that I feel with the sudden loss of someone who means so much to me.”

Sperbeck was a long -time business partner of Elway's, who first acted as his agent and later took over his business activities. According to Sperbeck's biography on the website for 7 -Cellar -winery, which the couple started together in 2013.