St. Pete Teen Dies in Skateboarding Stunt

man happening now at 5:30 outpourings of pain to st. A St. Petersburg

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ager loses his life performing a dangerous skateboard trick now that his friends and family are speaking publicly for the first time and issuing warnings to others who think it might be fun to do the same trick. ABC Action News reporter Jacqueline Glace has this story for us. tonight he was my only baby and he was everything to me everything a loss of words for the loss of a life too short Austin tomorrow he died on Super Bowl Sunday here near Fossil Park in St. Petersburg I was only 15 years old I was on adventures I did everything on foot

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with my trucks, quads,

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with friends around 6:00 last night, the high school freshman decided to try a daring trick commonly called skitching.

In this YouTube video you can see that skitching is when a skater grabs onto the back of a moving car and uses speed to propel himself forward, that was the first time I heard of him doing something he had never done before. Pete police say Austin was clinging to the back of a Mercedes sedan driven by his 15-year-old friend and was riding near the bumper when he broke free, losing control of his skateboard. Austin fell and hit his head in the 700 block of Atwood in New North. he wasn't wearing a helmet something his mother warned him never to do as a

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ager as a child something new at the time the only smiling crew that had ever been interested in television production was filming the

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with a video camera onlookers tried to give Austin CPR but It didn't work I just wanted my baby to come home I want my baby to come home to st.

Petersburg Jacqueline and Lace ABC Action News and again st. St. Petersburg police say no adults were in the car when the 15-year-old was driving. They said the teen only had a learner's permit and investigators are still deciding whether or not to charge him. We will not name the team because he has not done so. charged as an adult a tribute to Austin will be held at the skate park next Sunday.