Sunday, June 15, 2008

Local Skate Park

This local skate park in Vancouver, Washington is a fun park that just opened last August. Although it has had its accident's like the guy who split his chin open falling flat on the concrete and the guy who broke his nose from his skateboard popping up and hitting him in the nose.

"W. Richland man injured in west-side BMX crash
By the Herald staff

A West Richland man was critically injured early last week in a bike accident at a Vancouver skate park.
David Stellpflug, 28, was attempting a maneuver a bike in one of the park's bowls May 5 when he shot over the wall and fell 10 to 15 feet to the concrete below and onto his head, according to Clark County Sheriff's Office reports.
When rescue workers arrived he was unconscious and his head was bleeding, according to police reports.
The Vancouver Columbian reported Stellpflug was in critical condition earlier this week at Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver, but the hospital said he was not a patient there Thursday night. The Columbian reported he was not wearing a helmet at the skate park. "

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