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Gunnar Miller, 19, of Eagan, died Tuesday night following a skateboard crash in St. Paul, Minnesota. The accident occured around 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 14 at Carroll and Prior avenue when Miller asked a driver at a stop sign if he could hold their car mirror to go "skitching", a slang term for holding on to a car while skate boarding down the road. Miller travelled a short distance when he fell and hit his head on the pavement. Miller was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. Miller was taken to Regions Hospital with a severe head injury, where he later died.
One person is dead after a single vehicle accident in White Bear Lake overnight.
Just after midnight on Friday, police say a car rolled into the center median of northbound Highway 61 at Buffalo Street.
White Bear Lake Police and the Minnesota State Patrol responded and say the driver was dead at the scene.
The victim was later identified as Steven Buche 53, and cause of accident have not been released.