An Adelaide teenager is fighting for life following a devastating fall from an electric skateboard. 7NEWS
The 15-year-old southern suburbs boy has been left fighting for life in hospital after the horror fall.The southern suburbs teen was rushed to the Flinders Medical Centre with critical head injuries.On Friday, he was transferred to the Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
“If you’re not wearing a helmet you are putting yourself at risk,” chief inspector Peter Duance told 7NEWS.E-skateboards can reach speeds of up to 45km/h and are outlawed on South Australian roads - an offence that carries a fine of $428.“It can be quite dangerous when they are ridden at speed, they can flip forward quite easily,” Duance said.
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