A 13-year-old skateboarder from Livermore, California died last night after “crashing into a moving pickup truck,” according to a story in the LA Times.
The boy “had some speed” as he rode down a hill Tuesday, but there was no indication the truck was traveling over the speed limit, said Sgt. John Hurd of the Livermore Police Department. . . Drugs and alcohol did not appear to play a role, and the boy was wearing a helmet, he said.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle:
Nathan lived in Livermore and was an eighth-grader at Mendenhall Middle School. His mother, Katie, is a science teacher at Rancho Las Positas Elementary School in Livermore, and his father, Sam, is assistant principal at Williams Middle School in Tracy. . . “He was just very caring and responsible, and very, very smart,” Katie Strube said. “I could count on him for anything.”
Our deepest sympathies are with the boys parents and especially with his brother Calvin.
[Link: San Francisco Chronicle and LA Times]
