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Date: 
Monday, April 27, 2015
Dylan Austin was riding a skateboard on College Avenue at around 2:15 a.m. when he lost control of his board. He struck his head on a concrete curb and was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses say that he was going down a hill in the darkness when the crash occured. Austin was about to graduate with a degree in kinesiology exercise science, and was planning to work at the Western Missouri Medical Center.
Date: 
Friday, March 21, 2014
Heartbroken family members are remembering an eight-year-old Kansas City boy tragically killed while playing outside his home on Saturday. Jordan Hale died after getting hit by a van over the weekend near Northeast Winn and North Bellefontaine. Saturday night Hale’s dreams were suddenly cut short. Police say the second grader and his six-year-old best friend, Jesus “Chewy” Gutiérrez, were riding on their skateboards downhill, outside Hale’s Kansas City home, when a van hit both boys. Hale died instantly. His friend was rushed to the hospital with critical injuries, including head trauma.