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Skateboarder dies after being hit by two vehicles in Hammond
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune ^ | Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

Posted on 05/15/2016 3:21:17 PM PDT by BBell

A man riding a skateboard died after being hit by two vehicles in Hammond, State Police said Thursday (May 12). Both drivers left the scene of the fatality on University Avenue.

The victim was identified as Erin Gerhard, 26, of Independence. He died at the scene, said Trooper Dustin Dwight, spokesman for State Police Troop L.

Gerhard was riding a skateboard in the right westbound lane of University Avenue, west of U.S. 51, on Wednesday at about 10 p.m

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TOPICS: Hobbies; Local News; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: hammond; skateboarder
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To: albie

“Perfectly normal in today’s society.”

You needed quotes around “normal”, in addition to the suggestion that anything is Boston or other northeast cities is normal (literal meaning).


21 posted on 05/15/2016 6:03:14 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OMorgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: cynwoody
Found as tribute there too.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=656558044502988&set=a.102020216623443.5107.100004463944696&type=3&theater

22 posted on 05/15/2016 6:10:01 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! - voted Trump 2016 & Dude, Cruz ain't bona fide)
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To: BBell

10 PM people may have not known they hit a human.


23 posted on 05/15/2016 7:31:06 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: ConservativeMind

Skateboarding is still illegal in my town; has been for the last 30+ years. I never understood that until I started driving...


24 posted on 05/15/2016 7:43:45 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: dfwgator

Perennial children, they are.

It’s actually very sad.

Whereas we paid our dues, grew up and assumed the adult role, They just grow a stupid beard.

Viola! I’m a grown up!


25 posted on 05/16/2016 7:34:55 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: cynwoody

After seeing the photo, I hope a bystander took the cannabis off his dead body, so it did not go to waste.....


26 posted on 05/16/2016 7:36:39 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: Jonty30

“and it costs nothing, outside of the $400 one might spend on a quality board.”

But you have to consider the hidden added costs of neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation and reconstructive surgery. Not to mention funeral costs. :-)


27 posted on 05/16/2016 8:06:18 AM PDT by rhoda_penmark
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