Posted on 05/07/2009 2:26:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A 17-year-old girl had to be airlifted to a local hospital Tuesday evening after she was run over by her own car while trying to "ghost ride," a car stunt popularized in the East Bay, police said.
"Ghost riding" typically entails a car owner walking or dancing alongside or on top of a vehicle that is idling forward without a driver. The stunt has local origins, particularly in the Bay Area rap scene radiating from Oakland and Vallejo.
The injured girl was "performing a horseplay maneuver" as her 1980s-model Chevrolet Blazer idled along about 6 p.m. near San Jose Avenue and Stonewood Drive, said Brentwood police Sgt. Mark Misquez.
With music blaring from the vehicle, the girl apparently was standing on a footstep on the driver's side while the SUV crept forward, Misquez said. At some point she slipped, lost her grip and fell to the ground, and shortly after the vehicle ran over her upper legs, he said.
The girl was taken by helicopter to a local trauma center and while her injuries are serious, they do not appear to be life-threatening, Misquez said. He added that the girl appeared to be performing the stunt alone and was not as a part of an impromptu sideshow, a sort of street corner exhibition where the ghost riding the maneuver is done along with other car stunts such as "doughnuts"— quickly driving in a circle.
A smattering of ghost-riding-related injuries have been reported throughout the country over the past few years after the stunt was given national exposure through the rap hit "Tell Me When to Go," a 2006 song performed by Vallejo-based rapper E-40.
"We wouldn't recommend folks doing this type of thing," Misquez said. "This is what can happen."
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Cue the song “South Texas Death Ride” by The Union Underground.
I once drove my Polaris quad over myself. True story. I was riding by myself in a remote but tight slot canyon out in the desert and carefully navigated the left front wheel over a large rock. So as not to tip over, I put my right foot down, and the rear right wheel rode over me and pulled me under. I ended up on the bottom of a sandy wash with an 800-pound quad atop my leg.
I couldn't dig out, so I eventually counted to three (to psych up), reached up for the accelerator, and juiced it with my thumb. The quad goosed forward and rolled over my whole body, just missing my head.
But I was free! But with a sprained ankle. So I put a cold beer (from the ice chest) onto the ankle and drank another two down for the pain.
Note to self: NEVER put your foot down while driving a quad!!!!
Was it really necessary to add that?
Back in the days of James Dean it was playing chicken.
Kids havent gotten any smarter.
So....did you ever say the immortal words of the Texas daredevil “ Hold mah beer an watch this!” ???????
They said “upper legs”, maybe it was higher upper!
Oh, it was a car?
her 1980s-model Chevrolet Blazer
Who in the world considers a Blazer a "car"?
oH....MY.......god.......it was a damn SUV!!!! Those damn nefarious SUVs!!!!!!!! They are EVIL I tell you (actually as the MSM tells us)....Evil, just evil....minds of their own, I tell you.....
Nah. I can run over myself while holding my own beer.
Well....in the immortal words of the hugely discredited ‘Dixie Chicks’.....”There’s yer Trouble”......
Yep, more likely it threw her out and ran her over.
stooopid should hurt... i hope it was a learning experience.
People who drive Hummers...people who drive 18 wheelers...
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