Lincoln County sheriff's deputy kills man in golf cart

WASHINGTON - A Lincoln County sheriff&#39;s deputy, looking for a lost 71-year-old man in the rain Tuesday night, accidentally struck and killed him with his patrol car. <br> <br> A woman had asked the officer, Leonard Newman, 26, to check on James Staples and his seven-year-old grandson, after she had given the two a ride home when Staples drove his truck off the side of the road earlier in the day, Sheriff Edwin Bentley said. <br> <br> Staples and his grandson apparently were making a trip between their cabin and the truck in a golf cart when it stalled in the middle of the road. <br> <br> Newman&#39;s patrol car hit the cart, which didn&#39;t have any lights, from behind. The boy was standing by the side of the road at the time, said authorities. <br> <br> At first, Newman thought he had hit several deer, Bentley said. <br> <br> No charges were filed against Newman. Bentley said he doesn&#39;t expect any disciplinary action to be taken against the officer.