No More Oldsmobiles
12-29-2009, 06:06 PM
Southern California 'Christmas tree surfer' hospitalized after hitting parked car at 25 mph (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-tree-surf-crash,0,4738649.story)
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man in Southern California riding a Christmas tree being dragged behind an SUV slammed into a parked car and was hospitalized with head injuries.
Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino says the 18-year-old and another teenager were Christmas tree surfing, a seasonal Internet fad.
Capt. Greg McKeown says the car was going about 25 mph Sunday night when the female driver took a corner and the tree veered wide and crashed.
Remind me not to do this.
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man in Southern California riding a Christmas tree being dragged behind an SUV slammed into a parked car and was hospitalized with head injuries.
Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino says the 18-year-old and another teenager were Christmas tree surfing, a seasonal Internet fad.
Capt. Greg McKeown says the car was going about 25 mph Sunday night when the female driver took a corner and the tree veered wide and crashed.
Remind me not to do this.