Skateboarder lucky to be alive after running red light and slamming into car
A skateboarder is lucky to be alive after he crashed into the side of an SUV after flying through an intersection in the dark.
Cooper Oldfield was skating through Launceston, Tasmania, when he sped through the intersection during what appeared to be a red light.
Without looking for traffic, the 19-year-old went into the crossroads and smashed into the side of a moving SUV, sending himself flying to the tarmac.
Incredibly, despite the speed he had built up, the apprentice carpenter only suffered a fracture on his right tibia and a small brain bleed.
“I’ve been off work for more than four months now,” Cooper said.
“I can’t remember the accident. It happened about 9 o’clock at night and it knocked me out till about 12 the next day.
“If I had seen the car, I would have stopped. I’m a pretty good bomber, I can power slide very easily
“The pain wasn’t amazingly bad. I had a compression fracture on my right tibia and a small brain bleed on the left side.”
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