The monster cookie pinwheel strikes again.

And alcohol and speed have already been ruled out as factors contributing to the crash.

I'm pretty sure that speed WAS a factor

Yet another story proving that Fark needs a Darwin tag.

Now that's what I call "breaking" news. HAW!

thats one less miscreant to keep off my lawn. Hoodlum!

OH BOY!!!! Another death!!! TIME TO PAR-TAY!!!

Is the family going to sue the skateboard maker for lack of brakes, or the city for an unsafe intersection, and/or the 71 year old driver for not driving fast enough, which if he did, the car would have long been gone before Avril Lavigne's boyfriend reached the intersection.

Speaking of skater boys...has anyone seen daas_boot around lately?

Thank you, Holy Darwin, for culling the herds.

Tibbo7: Speaking of skater boys sk8tr bois...

Sorry. Pet peeve.

Who didn't do equally stupid stuff like this when they were 14? I'm amazed I survived childhood.

ChewbaccaJones: The monster cookie pinwheel strikes again.

Damn you Skater McGee!

There a movie several years back about rollerbladers in Cincy called Airborne, where they raced through the streets. Sounds like this kid may have been doing the same thing.

Less competiton in the job market, that's for sure!

Thank you Skater McGee! You truly are doing god's work.

FTA - "He did not stop for a stopsign


No self respecting skater or cyclist would dare stop at a stop sign.

/feel for the boys parents
//but... jeez... c'mon people smarten up will ya?

It's hard for us out in the Western Frontierlands to make sense of where these events are occurring. So I clicked on 'State News' for that newspaper, and there are stories from both Ohio and Kentucky. Does this indicate a future merger of those two states?

And, one can still be a Farker and be surprised to read of not only a skateboarder flattened, but 4 grown men dead (flipping their car) and a 9 year old killed while snowmobiling, a woman using her 1 year old toddler as a bullet shield, and the aftermath of the wrongway driver who killed, what, five people? Busy week for the reaper in Ohio (I think).

oh, and the sad story about the dead horses...

jjorsett: Who didn't do equally stupid stuff like this when they were 14? I'm amazed I survived childhood.

I was a little crazy, but not downright idiotic like this kid. Reminds me when last summer I was driving and there were two future mensa members that I almost killed. They were wearing dark colors through an area with a lot of cover, and the speed limit is 40 on the road. They decided to just cross the street right behind a tree. I slammed on the brakes and honked and the kids started yelling some dumb crap at me. Looking back, I should've just hit 'em.

/not gonna biatch about not wearing helmets, not many do around here. besides, you need something worth protecting if you wear one. Obviously these two precious snowflakes did not have this concern.

Richard Saunders:
No self respecting skater or cyclist would dare stop at a stop sign.


I skate and bike and I wholeheartedly agree.

/Unless... ya know... theres a car coming or something...
//Dumbass kids.

jjorsett: Who didn't do equally stupid stuff like this when they were 14? I'm amazed I survived childhood.

Some survive childhood, some don't. We don't have 10 kids too often anymore just to make sure that the family tree keeps branching. I guess it's an example of human deforestation.

I'm at WKRC in Cincinnati.

/Nothing, I got it

I am utterly shocked that someone invoked Darwin in an appropriate circumstance. Usually it's a 60 year old white trash broad with 18 kids who all have grandchildren already and someone says "Today's Darwin blah blah old biatch DIAF, kittens dying with mugshot goodness. News: She broke her neck after slipping on a hamburger patty. Fark: At taco bell. " etc.

We used to go down a hill and across a 4 lane highway nonstop.

We are still here.

Of course the main differences are that we had brakes and we did it in the daytime..

And now a few words on behalf of the poor old man who unwittingly became an instrument of death. He will see those fatal few seconds over and over in his night and daydreams.

/damn hippie
//I TOLD you to stay off my lawn!

Tibbo7: Speaking of skater boys...has anyone seen daas_boot around lately?

Check the closet. Probably in there with dass_other boot.

I, and my buddies, did some REALLY dare-devilish (read stupid) things at 14 years old as well; with several close calls by myself and others. There've been times I wondered how I survived (two friends died.)

However... we did NOT challenge cross-traffic wearing nothing more than a skateboard...

/thoughts still go out to parents
//Darwin claims yet another, sadly a kid.

Atypical Person Reading Fark: So I clicked on 'State News' for that newspaper, and there are stories from both Ohio and Kentucky. Does this indicate a future merger of those two states?

WKRC
Cincinnati & Covington - Where Ohio and Kentucky become one. And all that that implies.

When the bereaved mother asked why the policeman had brought a bucket with him, the policeman replied, "We brought this so you could positively identify your son . . ."

Hey, Subby, if that was your 14 year old son I would wonder if you'd be so smug. Same to you other "Farkers" (I can't use the real "F" word here) that think this post needs a bunch of snarking.

where does the "steep hill" come in??

/rip kid

Same thing happened a few years ago, skateboarder going downhill, ran a stop sign, and into the path of some soccer mom in a minivan. The driver took the kids family to court for damages to the vehicle and emotional damages, won a ton of money too...not that it'll make anyone feel better

Ta-da?

When a a 40 year old career criminal dies trying to climb down a chimney, I can understand the inevitable 'piling on', but this was someone's child.

A child.

Is this what fark is now? Internet tough guys rejoicing over the death of children.

Atypical Person Reading Fark: It's hard for us out in the Western Frontierlands to make sense of where these events are occurring. So I clicked on 'State News' for that newspaper, and there are stories from both Ohio and Kentucky. Does this indicate a future merger of those two states?

I might suggest you check Google Maps as to why Kentucky might be mentioned in news by a station/site covering Cincinnati.

/hint, it's called "regional"

Welcome to the Machine: I'm at WKRC in Cincinnati.

/Nothing, I got it

As gawd as my witness, I swore skateboarders could fly!!

I don't really care if crushing stupidity by teenagers ends in them taking themselves out, but they always have to involve other people in their idiocy.

When a a 40 year old career criminal dies trying to climb down a chimney, I can understand the inevitable 'piling on', but this was someone's child.

A child.

Is this what fark is now? Internet tough guys rejoicing over the death of children.


Well said.

Life's Stupidity: Hey, Subby, if that was your 14 year old son I would wonder if you'd be so smug. Same to you other "Farkers" (I can't use the real "F" word here) that think this post needs a bunch of snarking.

Try harder.

Poo_Fight: When a a 40 year old career criminal dies trying to climb down a chimney, I can understand the inevitable 'piling on', but this was someone's child.

A child.

Is this what fark is now? Internet tough guys rejoicing over the death of children.

You'll get over it.

Life's Stupidity: Hey, Subby, if that was your 14 year old son I would wonder if you'd be so smug. Same to you other "Farkers" (I can't use the real "F" word here) that think this post needs a bunch of snarking.

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Life's Stupidity: Hey, Subby, if that was your 14 year old son I would wonder if you'd be so smug. Same to you other "Farkers" (I can't use the real "F" word here) that think this post needs a bunch of snarking.

I don't know about that. When I was 15 two of my classmates were killed.

One was murdered by his father. That was a tragedy, people mourned and cried for weeks.

Another was killed doing something very stupid, he tried a backflip from a 30' cliff into a river without checking the water below. He struck his head and was dead before the paramedics arrived. His friends and family were sad, but most other people were of the opinion that it was a teenager doing something stupid, and moved on.


A teenager isn't an infant or toddler. They may lack maturity and judgement, but at that age they should be bright enough to not do things that are -that- stupid. Is it a bit sad? Yes. Is it an actual tragedy? No.

Poo_Fight: When a a 40 year old career criminal dies trying to climb down a chimney, I can understand the inevitable 'piling on', but this was someone's child.

A child.

Is this what fark is now? Internet tough guys rejoicing over the death of children.

Are you new here?

Poo_Fight: but this was someone's child. A child.

Except that if they can't understand concepts like "stop means stop" and car + speed + unprotected body = badbadbadbadbad by that age, then we needed them weeded out of our gene pool. Seriously. He was 14, not 4, and he lived in Cincinnati which isn't some quiet little 1-stop light town by any means. I feel bad for the parents but not the human race.

Years ago I was skating down an unfamiliar steep hill. I finally realized it took a sharp right or continued onto a major roadway.
Needless to say I tried the hard right and lost most the skin on the right side of my body.

Richard_M_Nixon: You'll get over it.

Did my comment hurt your feelings?

Here's some advice from the internet: You'll get over it.

Clown.

YouPeopleAreCrazy: Cincinnati & Covington - Where Ohio and Kentucky and Indiana become one. And all that that implies.

FTFY. It's where hicks, rednecks, and suburbanites meet and breed. *shudder*

ScottMpls: Are you new here?

Not as new as you.

Peaceman: A teenager isn't an infant or toddler. They may lack maturity and judgement, but at that age they should be bright enough to not do things that are -that- stupid. Is it a bit sad? Yes. Is it an actual tragedy? No.

THIS!! I couldn't get my reply this eloquent despite rewriting it 3 times.

/must need caffeine

Peaceman

I don't know about that. When I was 15 two of my classmates were killed.

One was murdered by his father. That was a tragedy, people mourned and cried for weeks.

Another was killed doing something very stupid, he tried a backflip from a 30' cliff into a river without checking the water below. He struck his head and was dead before the paramedics arrived. His friends and family were sad, but most other people were of the opinion that it was a teenager doing something stupid, and moved on.


A teenager isn't an infant or toddler. They may lack maturity and judgement, but at that age they should be bright enough to not do things that are -that- stupid. Is it a bit sad? Yes. Is it an actual tragedy? No.

You're right, teenagers aren't infants or toddlers. And no, it's not an actual tragedy.

Life's Stupidity: Hey, Subby, if that was your 14 year old son I would wonder if you'd be so smug. Same to you other "Farkers" (I can't use the real "F" word here) that think this post needs a bunch of snarking.

Problem is though, they are aware of what they're doing. A quick search on YouTube can provide 100's of videos of teenages doing stunts like this. It's up to the parent to enforce that these things are deadly.

/Insert random Jackass video here...
//My kids won't be sheltered, but they WILL wear protective padding.
///I'm not just talking about foam, latex counts too..