Death of Johns Elways agent appears to be a horrific accident: Sheriff

It appears that there is no foul play in the death of longtime sports agent Jeff Sperbeck, and authorities have called the tragedy a “horrific accident.”Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said Friday that investigators have not found any sign of criminal activity surrounding Sperbeck’s fall from a golf cart driven by football Hall of Famer John Elway, The Denver Post reported.“This appears to be a horrific accident,” Bianco told The Denver Post on Friday.“And unfortunately for all of those involved, one of the people — well, a couple of them — happen to be very high-profile celebrities.

And that makes this more of an issue than it probably should be.”Sperbeck, who was Elway’s agent, suffered the fatal fall last Saturday at the Madison Club, a private country club in California.Immediately following the accident, Elway’s party called 911.Bianco told The Denver Post that his sheriff’s department only got involved after a “massive media inquiry” from multiple media outlets confirmed that Elway was driving the golf cart.Upon responding to the incident, first responders at the scene did not find any evidence that Elway was intoxicated.On top of that, the department conducted an equipment investigation on the golf cart and determined that there were no mechanical issues.“It is common practice for medical personnel, whether it be an ambulance personnel or hospital personnel or even fire personnel, to call us after the scene of an accident because something doesn’t look right,” Bianco added.“And this was not the case.”Bianco told the outlet that the investigation process would likely be “relatively short” as they are currently looking into surveillance footage and witness testimony.“We’re doing everything we can to make sure that this is what it appears to be, and just an accident,” Bianco said.One witness told KESQ on Tuesday about how “scary” the scene was.

“It was so scary.It was like nothing we’ve ever seen,�...