Australian skateboarding filmmaker Anthony Fricke, 22, was taken off life-support at the Gold Coast Hospital on Sunday, August 2, 2009, after head injuries suffered in an accident on Tweed Valley Way, according to a story in the Brisbane Times.
Police said Mr Fricker collided with a 28-year-old man as the pair were skating down a steep section of the highway, reaching speeds of 70kmh. . . The pair was with a small support crew filming a documentary Skate Australia: A Longboard Adventure Documentary. . . Mr Fricker had emergency neurosurgery at Gold Coast Hospital and was placed on life support. . . It was turned off yesterday morning, with his brother Ed and parents at his bedside.
According to the story Fricke was the creative mind behind the website Skate Australia. Our thoughts are with Fricke’s family and friends.
Follow the jump for the trailer for the film he was working on.
[Link: Brisbane Times]
