My son started riding when he was about 14...he's 22 now but he seldom gets it out now......it was scary for us to watch him ride back then, but he always wore his helmet....
One day he had a friend with him and the friend was in a rush to cross the street to get into the park, he only looked in one direction and crossed...he was hit by a SUV, my son was so shook up watching his friend fly down the road and land in the street, he wasn't moving for a few seconds, he ended up being life flighted and he had a broken pelvis...his parents made him sell it after that...he's so lucky he was wearing his helmet, it had several large cracks in it...
A few years ago a kid was riding along the tracks and he tried to beat the train and he didn't make it, his mother was devastated...
Then my son was jumping a very high dirt hill ( I think he was about 16) and when he came down he fractured his spine, after a couple months recovery he was back on it...very nerve racking to say the least...
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