Skateboarder hospitalized after hitting car in North Park

Publish Date: 2022/07/12

SAN DIEGO, CA — A 39-year-old man was seriously hurt last Friday night when he hi a vehicle while riding a skateboard in San Diego’s North Park neighborhood, reports FOX 5 San Diego.

The incident occurred in the 2500 block of Wightman Street on July 8, at about 10:30 p.m.

According to the San Diego Police Department, the skateboarder was trying to cross westbound on the street when he struck the passenger side of a vehicle.

Officials said the man was found to have suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries, including a fractured skull and brain bleed. He was transported to a nearby hospital.

The driver, a 46-year-old woman, was not reported injured.

No further updates have been shared at this time, but an investigation by the SDPD’s Traffic Division was in progress.

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