by The Editors on March 7, 2011
An 18-year-old skateboarder from West Travis County, Texas died Saturday afternoon (March 5, 2011) after he fell while skateboard towing, according to a story on KXAN.com.
A spokesman with the sheriff’s office says the incident happened shortly after 1:30 p.m. in the 4900 block of Cypress Ranch Boulevard. Investigators say the teen was holding onto the back of a truck while riding his skateboard uphill when he somehow lost control and fell.
The skateboarder was flown to University Medical Center Brackenridge where he was pronounced dead. Our thoughts are with the man’s family and friends.
[Link: KXAN.com]
by The Editors on August 4, 2010
Alexander Baer, a 17-year-old skateboarder from McHenry County, Illinois, died last Thursday, July 29, 2010 from head injuries he sustained from a fall while reportedly towing on his skateboard behind a car according to the Chicago Sun Times.
An autopsy on Saturday found Baer died of craniocerebral injuries from a fall from a skateboard and his death was ruled an accident, the medical examiner’s office said. . . Baer was near his home Tuesday at 3:50 p.m. on a skateboard being pulled by some type of rope attached to a vehicle, according to a release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s office.
Towing continues to kill unrestrained. . . and yet skate video continue to feature it. Strange, huh?
[Link: Chicago Sun-Times]
by The Editors on October 7, 2008
Austin Ayers, 17, has died of injuries he sustained Sunday after grabbing on to the passenger window of a passing car and towing along.
Arvada Police believe the teen was riding his long board in the southbound bike lane on Oak Street, when he grabbed onto the passenger side front door or window of a Jeep Wrangler. Investigators say when the teen let go, another vehicle hit him and he hit the pavement.
[Link: 9 News]
by The Editors on February 17, 2008
Camas, Washington:
A young man skateboarding behind a friend’s car was run over in Camas Friday, police said.
The 19-year-old grabbed onto his friend’s car as it started to move, near the intersection of 3rd and Lon. But then, the young man lost his grip, fell and was run over by the car, according to Sgt. Doug Morcross with the Camas Police Department.
If John Cardiel can’t do it, then nobody can.
[Link: KGW.com]
by The Editors on August 23, 2007
There’s really nothing more to say about this than, “That’s sad.” A 15-year-old skateboarder was killed August 22 when he fell while being towed by a vehicle and was run over.
Police have not released the names of either the 15-year-old victim or the 16-year-old driver. The accident took place in an elementary school parking lot. The skateboarder was taken by helicopter to a hospital in critical condition, police said. He later died.
[Link: Houston Chronicle]
by The Editors on January 13, 2016
We’ve strayed away from skateboard towing posts lately, but sadly it is still happening. Richard Oates, a 32-year-old father of two who opened East River Skate Shop last summer with his wife, died on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 after falling skateboarding while hanging on to the side of a truck, according to a story on The Gothamist.
Oates was riding his skateboard on Tuesday afternoon (January 12, 20160), gripping the passenger side of a green Mack truck as it drove west on Delancey, according to a preliminary NYPD investigation. Shortly after 1:15 p.m., Oates fell off of his skateboard and was run over by the truck’s rear passenger-side wheels. EMS responded to the corner of Norfolk Street and transported Oates to Bellevue Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Our thoughts are with Oates’ family, friends, and especially his wife Marrisa and their two young children.
[Link: Gothamist]
by The Editors on September 26, 2013
Eighteen-year-old skateboarder Alexander Ciszerski died today (Thursday, September 26, 2013) in Queens, New York after the 2005 GMC box truck he was towing along side ran over him after he fell, according to a story in the New York Post.
Ciszewski . . . rode his skateboard up to a white 2005 GMC box truck around 11 a.m. and grabbed the passenger side of door as the vehicle headed east on 47th Avenue near 33rd Street in Sunnyside, cops said. . . Suddenly, Ciszewski lost control and fell under the back wheels of the truck, police sources said.
Anyone who has grabbed on to a car while skateboarding knows how quickly things can go wrong (click here for more examples). Our thoughts are with Ciszerski’s family and friends.
[Link: NY Post]
by The Editors on December 17, 2010
Joseph Cormier, 41, pleaded guilty to careless driving this morning (December 17, 2010) for the April 6, 2010 skateboard towing death of his friend Norman Swyer, 28, of Beamsville, Ontario. Canada according to a story in The Standard.
Court heard Swyer asked for a tow on his skateboard behind Cormier’s car on a rural Beamsville road. Cormier agreed and pulled him for about 200 metres, when Swyer lost control and fell, striking his head on the pavement. He died of serious head injuries four days later in a Hamilton hospital.
Cormier will be on probation and banned from driving for six month, according to the story. He’ll also have to pay a $1,000 fine. But we’re guessing the worst punishment of all is knowing the part he played in his friend’s death.
[Link: The Standard]
by The Editors on December 15, 2010
The driver of the car which towed skateboarder Willy Tracy, 17, to his death in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada on June 12, 2010, went on trial this morning and is charged with “criminal negligence,” according to a story The News.
“On June 12, 2010, a person – Willy Tracy – was on a skateboard and he grabbed onto a motor vehicle, a Rav Four, on Willow Street, New Glasgow,” Pink said, adding that the car was being driven by his client. . . “Mr. Tracy fell while he had a hold of the Rav Four, and suffered multiple injuries which resulted in his death.”
Skateboard towing sucks for everyone involved.
[Link: The News]
by The Editors on November 15, 2010
So this 14-year-old kid from Suffolk, Virginia was towing behind a car on his skateboard and guess what happened? Can you believe this? He fell and his head hit the pavement. Now he’s in the hospital with serious head injuries, according to a story in the Suffolk News Herald.
George said in a press release that the teen sustained head injuries when his head hit the pavement as he fell from the skateboard. He was transported to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. His condition was unavailable on Sunday night. . . The vehicle was being operated by a 17-year-old male at the time of the accident.
And another one goes down.
[Link: Suffolk News Herald]
