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Skateboarder, 20, Killed By Dump Truck On Angeles National Forest Mountain Road
CBSLA.com) ^ | Tom Wait

Posted on 03/21/2015 8:00:45 AM PDT by BenLurkin

KCAL9’s Tom Wait reports the practice of skateboarding at high speeds on the mountain road is a practice called “Hill Bombing.” It’s not new. Pat Harvey reported on the practice back in 2012.

Officials said the deceased was going 20-30 mph on his skateboard at the time of the collision.

The deceased was wearing safety gear but he failed to remain in his lane and struck the undercarriage of the dump truck, which then ran over him, CHP Officer Rodrigo Jimenez said.

The deceased was hill bombing with two other skateboarders and a van driver. Officials said no charges will be filed against them.

(Excerpt) Read more at losangeles.cbslocal.com ...


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1 posted on 03/21/2015 8:00:45 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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Evolution at work.


2 posted on 03/21/2015 8:02:10 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: BenLurkin

failed to remain in his lane”?!

...skateboarders have their own lane?


3 posted on 03/21/2015 8:02:49 AM PDT by albie
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Well. gee whiz....I at least hope that he got his run in on as part of that “California. Come Find Yourself Here” commercial campaign. California seems so exciting and vicarious in them.


4 posted on 03/21/2015 8:06:04 AM PDT by Gaffer
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I imagine they were videoing the action themselves.


5 posted on 03/21/2015 8:08:34 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.a)
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To: BenLurkin

I see it has evolved into a skateboarder.. Early reports were that it was a luge downhill on wheels, which much more fits with striking the under carriage.


6 posted on 03/21/2015 8:09:12 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: BenLurkin

One of my sons likes to longboard. He came screaming into our driveway last night in the rain but didn’t know there were three additional parked cars. He got a quick lesson in gravity and hydrogen peroxide.


7 posted on 03/21/2015 8:09:18 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: BenLurkin

Did the skateboarder have a couple of GoPro’s going ?


8 posted on 03/21/2015 8:10:01 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: BenLurkin

Skateboarder,20 Killed by Stupidity


9 posted on 03/21/2015 8:12:00 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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...skateboarders have their own lane?

Heheh. Skateboarding is not a crime. The motor vehicle code does include some good suggestions for staying alive on the highways...even if gravity is your motive power.

10 posted on 03/21/2015 8:13:00 AM PDT by no-s (when democracy is displaced by tyranny, the armed citizen still gets to vote)
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I’m all for freedom and personal responsibility, but laws are put in place to help keep people from doing dumb things that can harm themselves or others. Imagine driving down this road and seeing a skateboarder out of control in YOUR lane - what might you reflexively do to avoid a collision?

I didn’t hear that this was illegal, but it should be. And the penalties should be steep, since common sense does not seem to be common.


11 posted on 03/21/2015 8:13:23 AM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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I need a second cup of coffee... I just saw “Skateboarder killed by Donald Trump”


12 posted on 03/21/2015 8:15:29 AM PDT by Ueriah
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To: BenLurkin

I guess this guy’s GoPro had some ‘exciting’ footage on it.


13 posted on 03/21/2015 8:15:29 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: kingu

To me, it really doesn’t come down to a matter of the level of ‘repose’ of the ride. It is a matter of physics coupled with Darwin.


14 posted on 03/21/2015 8:16:37 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Ueriah

It was a trump duck.


15 posted on 03/21/2015 8:18:02 AM PDT by Misterioso
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16 posted on 03/21/2015 8:19:50 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: BenLurkin
There was a scene from the movie, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", where Mitty skateboards down a long, deserted road in Iceland, that seems to have spawned this activity.

It is NOT something to do on US roads where there may be traffic!

17 posted on 03/21/2015 8:20:48 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: BenLurkin

At least he died doing something he loved! (it’s sarcasm folks) I’m gonna go with Darwin at work, on less pool polluter.


18 posted on 03/21/2015 8:24:59 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: BenLurkin

Darwin Award Nominee!!! Lol!


19 posted on 03/21/2015 8:26:37 AM PDT by BullDog108 (A Smith & Wesson beats four aces!)
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To: BenLurkin

Hang gliding is safer.


20 posted on 03/21/2015 8:31:30 AM PDT by Eddie01 (Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
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