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Brooklyn Skateboarder Killed After Hitching a Ride on a Truck's Tail
Posted on 1/14/16 at 10:44 am
Posted on 1/14/16 at 10:44 am
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And yet he chose to do something so stupid. Sad.
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He was a skate shop owner and father of two.
And yet he chose to do something so stupid. Sad.
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A Brooklyn skate shop owner died Tuesday after skateboarding while hanging onto a truck, according to Gothamist.
Richard Oates, 32, was holding onto a Mack truck as it made its way down a Manhattan street when he slipped from his skateboard and was run over by the truck's rear wheels, according to the report.
An eyewitness told DNAInfo that the truck driver didn't immediately stop after Oates was struck and that bystanders stopped traffic to help him. NYPD sources told Gothamist that the driver stayed on the scene and that no charges have been filed. Oates was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
In a promotional video for the shop he says, "I spent the past decade working in kitchens, and I'm taking a hiatus from it. We just had a baby, and we have a 3.5-year-old, so I wanted to be available as a father.
This post was edited on 1/14/16 at 10:45 am
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Posted on 1/14/16 at 10:45 am to RedRifle
who did he think he was....Marty McFly?
Posted on 1/14/16 at 10:45 am to RedRifle
Stupid games, stupid prizes and all
Posted on 1/14/16 at 10:46 am to RedRifle
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Richard Oates, 32, was holding onto a Mack truck as it made its way down a Manhattan street when he slipped from his skateboard and was run over by the truck's rear wheels, according to the report.
natural selection
Posted on 1/14/16 at 10:46 am to RedRifle
I used to love doing that on Tony Hawk 
Posted on 1/14/16 at 10:46 am to RedRifle
nb4 failed darwinism reference
Posted on 1/14/16 at 10:47 am to RedRifle
The real tragedy here is a 32 year old on a skateboard
Posted on 1/14/16 at 10:48 am to RedRifle
This man could not be reached for comment:
Posted on 1/14/16 at 10:48 am to RedRifle
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he slipped from his skateboard and was run over by the truck's rear wheels
he wasnt even holding on to the back of the truck?
Posted on 1/14/16 at 10:49 am to Carson123987
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Richard Oates, 32, was holding onto a Mack truck as it made its way down a Manhattan street when he slipped from his skateboard and was run over by the truck's rear wheels, according to the report.
natural selection
I am now just a mustache without a body.
Posted on 1/14/16 at 10:51 am to colorchangintiger
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nb4 failed darwinism reference
haha! nb4 u
Posted on 1/14/16 at 10:51 am to Oates Mustache
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I am now just a mustache without a body.
Posted on 1/14/16 at 10:53 am to Breesus
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he wasnt even holding on to the back of the truck?
This. What a dummy.
Posted on 1/14/16 at 10:53 am to RedRifle
This last weekend I was leaving a pretty tall parking garage when a group of people went skateboarding around the corners down the building. I thought it was incredibly dangerous. It is a cramped garage, so it would be really easy not to see around a corner and get smacked by a car. Also, at spots there isn't more than a single metal cable to keep them from going off the edge of the garage if they wiped out. Stupid shite.
Posted on 1/14/16 at 10:54 am to RedRifle
That's pretty gnarly
Posted on 1/14/16 at 11:21 am to RedRifle
DONT TAKE MONEY
Posted on 1/14/16 at 11:55 am to ManBearTiger
Don't take fame
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