AUGUST 17, 2009 - A young skateboarder was hospitalized after he was struck by a sports-utility vehicle at a San Diego County intersection, authorities said. Witnesses told investigators the skateboarder was riding east on Encinitas Boulevard about 11 p.m. when he reached the intersection with six-lane El Camino Real, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. He entered the intersection at the end of a green light for eastbound traffic, but it turned red before he could get through the northbound lanes of El Camino Real. A truck in northbound lanes waited for the victim to cross, but an SUV in an adjacent lane did not see the youth and he was struck with the left-front fender, authorities said. The impact hurled the boy into the intersection. He was transported to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla for treatment of unspecified injuries. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the pedestrian accident.
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JULY 2, 2009 - A teenager was airlifted to a hospital after he was struck by a car while riding a skateboard on Pacific Coast Highway, authorities said. The accident occurred about 7:30 p.m., about an hour after another skateboarder was struck by a car in a nearby residential neighborhood. The second incident happened at the intersection of PCH and Cassidy Street, according to the Oceanside Fire Department. The skateboarder may have suffered a serious arm injury in the collision, officials said. No information was available on the type of vehicle involved or the circumstances of the accident. Skateboarding in Oceanside has grown more popular in recent years as new skateboard parks have been planned and developed.
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JULY 2, 2009 - An elementary-school aged child was struck by a car and injured in a south San Diego County neighborhood, authorities said. The accident occurred about 6:30 p.m. on Mulberry Street, when the child veered into traffic and collided with the rear of a trailer being pulled by a car, fire officials said. The child was airlifted to a local hospital, where he was treated for a possible serious leg injury, authorities said.
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MAY 31, 2009 - A 13-year-old boy was airlifted to Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego after falling off his skateboard on a steep grade in the Olivenhain neighborhood, said a captain for the Encinitas Fire Department. The boy was not wearing a helmet when he crashed just after noon on Mountain Vista Drive near Trailview Road, authorities said. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, approximately 15,600 skateboarders are treated in emergency rooms each year.
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