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At about 6:20pm, Valerio and a few friends were all skateboarding on the sidewalk of Trabucco Road, but when one of the skateboards accidentally rolled free into the roadway, Valerio tried to retrieve it and was hit and critically injured by an SUV. Valerio was pronounced dead shortly after being taken to a hospital. The driver stayed at the scene of the crash.
Students at a Placentia school are mourning the loss of their classmate, who died after being hit by a minivan while skateboarding. Authorities say the accident happened in the area of Bastanchury Road and Secretariat Way on Sunday just before 5 a.m. Logan Wells, 16, was riding his skateboard near the intersection when he was hit by a Kia Sorento. The driver of the minivan pulled over and called 911.
Stephen Cureton, 17, struck and seriously injured by hit-and-run driver in Orange County, California
Parents of an Orange County teenager who was seriously hurt in a hit-and-run announced Wednesday they are offering a reward to help find the person behind the wheel. Stephen Cureton, 17, was walking with a friend near Yorktown Avenue and Beach Boulevard in Huntington Beach about 8:30 p.m. Monday when he was struck by a car and thrown 40 feet, his parents said. "To launch his body about 40 feet, have him hit the pavement at the impact that it did and then just leave him there ... I am just appalled that someone would consider my son disposable," said the teen's mother, Victoria Cureton.
A 15-year-old girl from Murrieta was in a coma and on life support following a skateboarding accident Sunday. The community is now rallying to help raise funds to pay for her medical expenses. Madison Olson was skating down a steep street in San Clemente, when she lost control. She was not wearing a helmet and suffered a serious head injury. Her father, Jason Olson, has faith she will survive, but realizes there will be huge medical expenses.