The Tornoto Sun calls it a “bizarre accident” but as anyone who follows skateboarding knows, towing behind a car and getting seriously wrecked or killed is really not bizarre at all. It is cliché.
Niagara Regional Police said the crash happened around 6:30 p.m. Friday on Greenlane Rd., east of Ontario St., in Lincoln, Ont. . . A 27-year-old Beamsville man was on a skateboard, being towed behind a car driven by a 41-year-old man, police said. . . The boarder, fell and suffered a serious head injury. . . He was taken to McMaster Hospital where he remains in critical condition.
Towing kills. It’s a fact. If you don’t believe, click this link.
[Editors’ Update (April 7, 2010): according to a story on Canoe.ca the 27-year-old man who was hospitalized after being injured while towing died Tuesday, April 6, 2010 of his injuries. Canoe.ca.]
[April 15, 2010 Update: Joseph Cormier, 41, the man driving the car that towed the 27-year-old has been charged with “criminal negligence causing death and dangerous driving causing death.” The Standard.]
[Link: Toronto Sun]
