1) I hate multi-use paths ... walkers, runners, dogs (leashed and otherwise), experienced cyclists, little kids just learning to ride, and rollerbladers, are a dangerous mixture. And 'bladers take up far more of the path than one would think, espescially when they're moving full speed.
2) Everyone has (should have?) the responsibility to avoid collisions. She seems not to have exercised due caution ... appears to me to have likely been going too fast for the conditions.
I hate multi-use paths ... walkers, runners, dogs (leashed and otherwise), experienced cyclists, little kids just learning to ride, and rollerbladers, are a dangerous mixture. And 'bladers take up far more of the path than one would think, espescially when they're moving full speed. As a skater myself, my impression is that she was moving too fast. According to the story, the kid stopped his bike before the collison. At that point, he was a fixed obstruction, like a stone in the road, which it would be the skater's responsibility to avoid.