Coroner reveals Jeff Sperbeck, John Elway's former agent, cause of death following golf cart fall

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Jeff Sperbeck, the longtime agent, business partner and friend of John Elway, died after he was involved in a serious incident involving a golf cart. Sperbeck was 62.

Elway, a former Denver Broncos quarterback, was reportedly driving the motorized vehicle at the time of the deadly accident.

The Riverside County (California) coroner confirmed that Sperbeck died on April 30 at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California. The injury had occurred four days earlier in nearby La Quinta.

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John Elway stands on the sideline during the fourth quarter  of a game between the Denver Broncos and the Los Angeles Chargers at Empower Field at Mile High on December 1, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. The Broncos defeated the Chargers 23-20.  (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)

On Friday, the coroner's office ruled Sperbeck's death accidental and said he had died as a result of blunt head trauma. 

"The Cause of Death is 'Blunt Head Trauma,' and the Manner of Death is ‘Accident,’ and the Mode of Death (How the injury occurred) is ‘Passenger fell from golf cart.’" the coroner's bureau said in the statement obtained by Fox News Digital. 

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The statement added that the injury occurred when the "passenger fell from" the golf cart.

Jan. 2, 2022; Inglewood, California: Then-Denver Broncos president of football operations John Elway looks on before the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA Today Sports)

Last week, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco made it clear that investigators had found