John Elway’s Agent Jeff Sperbeck’s Cause of Death Revealed After Golf Cart Accident

John Elway‘s longtime agent and buddy Jeff Sperbeck died from unintended blunt head trauma, PEOPLE can ascertain.

The Riverside County Coroner’s Bureau made up our minds Sperbeck’s dying used to be an twist of fate, and that the harm happened when the “passenger fell from” the golfing cart, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office instructed PEOPLE on Friday, May 9.

The tragedy happened when Sperbeck, 62, fell from a transferring golfing cart on Saturday, April 26 in La Quinta, Calif. He used to be transported to an area medical institution in vital situation, in keeping with a Riverside County Sheriff information unlock, ahead of demise on Wednesday, April 30 from head accidents sustained all the way through the autumn.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco instructed the Denver Post on Friday, May 2 that regulation enforcement had discovered “nothing” that implies any illegal activity happened all the way through the incident. “This appears to be a horrific accident,” Bianco instructed the Post, noting that “a couple” of the folk concerned within the incident “happen to be very high-profile celebrities.”

“And that makes this more of an issue than it probably should be,” Bianco mentioned on the time, noting his division won a “massive media inquiry” after the scoop broke. “We’re doing the whole thing we will to be sure that that is what it sounds as if to be, and simply an twist of fate,” he added.

Equipment inspections had been carried out at the golfing cart, Bianco mentioned on May 2, to rule out any risk of a malfunction resulting in Sperbeck’s fall. He additionally mentioned that it’s “common practice for medical personnel” to name the sheriff “because something doesn’t look right.” But on this incident, Bianco mentioned, “This was not the case.”

TMZ used to be first to document Sperbeck’s explanation for dying.

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Following Sperbeck’s dying on April 30, Elway mentioned he’s “absolutely devastated and heartbroken” by means of the tragedy in a observation to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. “There are no words to truly express the profound sadness I feel with the sudden loss of someone who has meant so much to me,” Elway’s observation endured.

“My center and private sympathies pass out to Jeff’s spouse, Cori; his kids Carly, Sam and Jackson; and everybody who knew and cherished him. Jeff will probably be deeply overlooked for the loyalty, knowledge, friendship and love he introduced into my existence and the lives of such a lot of others,” the previous quarterback concluded.