Skateboarder Plows Into 83-Year-Old Woman, Killing Her

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Naoki Tomeno
A teen skateboarder who allegedly raced through a California stop sign broadsided an old lady in a crosswalk, leading to her death, authorities say.

The 17-year-old from nearby Santa Cruz, who was not ID'd, wasn't arrested. The 83-year-old pedestrian, identified as Maryann Slettehaugh, was helicoptered to a hospital, where she died late Tuesday.

It all happened ...


... Tuesday afternoon at Cliff Drive and Wharf Road in Capitola, California, according to the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

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Michael Patrick
Cliff Drive and Wharf Road in Capitola.

The teen was said to be rolling at 15 to 20 miles per hour when he cruised past a box truck stopped at the intersection, ostensibly to let the old lady stroll by in the crosswalk, when he struck her.


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According to the Sentinel, the skater actually tried to stop and jumped off his board last-minute only to broadside the woman, knocking her unconscious. He tried to help, but it was too late.

Cops say it's illegal to skate in that part of Capitola -- the "Village" -- "for this exact reason" -- in the words of Sgt. Andrew Dally.

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