Man happening now at 5:30 outpourings of grief a st. Petersburg teenager loses his life doing a dangerous skateboarding stunt now his friends and family are talking publicly for the first time and issuing warnings to other people who think it might be fun to do the same trick ABC Action News reporter
Jacqueline glace has this story for us tonight it was my only baby and he was everything to me everything a loss of words for the loss of a life cut far too short Austin tomorrow died Super Bowl Sunday here near fossil Park in Saint Petersburg he was just 15 years old he
Was aventuras he did everything skateboarding my trucks quads skateboarding with friends around 6:00 last night the high school freshman decided to try a daring stunt commonly called skitching in this YouTube video you can see that skitching is where a skateboarder holds onto the back of a moving car and uses the speed
To propel themselves forward that was the first time I’ve ever heard of him doing that I’ve never done it before st. Pete police say Austin was holding onto the back of a Mercedes sedan driven by his 15 year old friend and was riding near the bumper when he let go losing
Control of his skateboard Austin fell and hit his head in the 700 block of Atwood of new north he wasn’t wearing a helmet something his mother warned him never to do teenage boy being a boy something new at the time the only smiling team had become interested in TV
Production was filming the stunt with a video camera onlookers try giving Austin CPR but it didn’t work I just wanted my baby to come home I want my baby to come home in st. Petersburg Jacqueline and lace ABC Action News and again st. Petersburg police say an adult was not in the car
When the 15 year old was driving they said the teen only had a learner’s permit and investigators are still deciding whether or not they will charge him we’re not naming the team because he hasn’t been charged as an adult a memorial will be held for Austin at the skateboard park this coming Sunday
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