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| Charlotte County Teen Killed in 'car-Surfing' Accident | |
| 2003-11-05 | |
NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) - Police said a Charlotte High School freshman died from injuries sustained in a "car surfing" stunt. Chris Trowbridge, 15, apparently was lying on the roof of a vehicle as it sped through a sparsely populated area of North Port on Friday. A 17-year-old senior was driving and three girls were passengers. Yurchuck said the boy asked a 14-year-old girl to take the wheel, then climbed onto the roof with Trowbridge. During the exchange, the vehicle accelerated, went out of control and rolled, the chief said. The boys were thrown off the roof. The 17-year-old and the three girls suffered minor injuries. Car surfers hang on to or stand on top of moving vehicles, as though they are surfing. The stunt has been cited in deaths around the world.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #13 Feel free to leave anytime, Mike. |
| Posted by: Uncle Joe 2003-11-5 11:52:14 PM |
| #12 I must be hanging around the conservative Neanderthals on Rantburg too much *sigh* |
| Posted by: NotMikeMoore 2003-11-5 10:55:42 PM |
| #11 Kinda "mean spirited" there, aren't you, Mike? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-11-5 4:47:34 PM |
| #10 Off message Mike... I'm reporting ya. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-11-5 4:24:28 PM |
| #9 It was re-attached for the funeral services |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2003-11-5 4:22:59 PM |
| #8 How is the pumpkin? |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-11-5 3:14:28 PM |
| #7 That may be even more darwin than our latest entree from down here in Arkansas. Fort Smith (AP) -- A Fort Smith teen-ager throwing a pumpkin at a mailbox was crushed Saturday night after he fell from the bed of a moving pickup, Arkansas State Police said. xxxxxx xxxxxx, 18, of Fort Smith died in the 11 p.m. accident on Queensbury Way, state police said. The accident report said his head was crushed. |
| Posted by: R.A. Myers 2003-11-5 2:34:53 PM |
| #6 Poor kid. Makes you wish they were actual thinking when trying this stunt. |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-11-5 1:51:56 PM |
| #5 This would make more sense (but not much more) in Indiana where there isn't real surf available. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-5 1:31:45 PM |
| #4 People grossly abuse the word "accident". If you place yourself on the hood of a moving vehicle -- driven by a 14-year-old, no less -- the "accident" would be if you survived. |
| Posted by: BH 2003-11-5 1:26:42 PM |
| #3 Worlds most favorite last words: "Hey, watch me do this............" |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-11-5 1:10:23 PM |
| #2 Darwin Awards are thick this year. |
| Posted by: Atrus 2003-11-5 12:32:55 PM |
| #1 Darwin strikes again. But probably not a Darwin award winner.. the driver and passengers survived... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2003-11-5 12:32:20 PM |