Editor’s note: This story has been updated to identify the victim.
Great Barrington — Great Barrington Police are currently at the scene of a fatality caused by this evening’s (Wednesday, Oct. 7) thunderstorms. Around 5:30 pm a neighbor of the Wyantenuck Country Golf Club, located on West Sheffield Road, reported to police of seeing a golf cart with a tree on top of it on a dirt access road running alongside the golf course.
Upon arrival Officers Brandon Hammer and Timothy Ullrich found Tom Sullivan, the longtime golf pro at the Wyantenuck Country Club, lying on the ground by the side of the cart. The officers attempted first aid, but Sullivan was deceased. The cart was covered with several trees and branches. Police are currently still on scene awaiting personnel from the medical examiner’s office to arrive.