Skateboarder run over after holding onto truck, in critical condition: Ontario police | 24CA News
A 16-year-old woman is preventing for her life in hospital after being run over by a pickup truck following what seems to have been a skateboarding accident in Uxbridge, Ont., north of Oshawa, police say.
The Durham Regional Police Service says witnesses reported that {the teenager} was skateboarding behind a silver Dodge pickup truck, holding onto the rear facet of it, close to the wheel in a parking zone on Main Street North when she misplaced her steadiness and fell to the bottom.
At that time, police say she was run over by the truck. The driver of the truck remained on the scene, police say.
A police spokesperson mentioned that the motive force was conscious that the woman was holding onto the car.
“As for charges, the investigation is still ongoing. Driver information will be released if criminal charges are laid,” the spokesperson added.
The woman was taken to an area hospital in crucial situation earlier than being moved to a Toronto-area trauma centre.
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