Sadly, another skateboarder (who was hanging on to the side of his friends car and then leg go) was run over and hospitalized this week. This time it was in Denver.
Authorities believe the victim was holding the driver’s side door of a Ford Mustang while his 16-year-old companion was driving the car westbound on 85th Avenue. . . . Police are investigating how fast the Mustang was going and why the teen let go of the door just before he was struck by the car.
Apparently, the Denver Police don’t know that this scene plays out over and over and over again.
[Update Feb. 26, 2009: 9news.com is reporting that 15-year-old Austin Ayers has now died from his injuries. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.]
[Link: Denver Post]
My son(18) does not understand why I was upset when he got a traffic citation for holding on to a car while on a skate board. I thanked the officer for giving him the citation.
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