Skateboard accidents claim the lives of two young East Bay men

18-year-old Tyler DeMartini of Berkeley died yesterday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle while skateboarding two days prior. Demartini was riding his skateboard on the roadway near the intersection of Marin and Tulare Avenues in North Berkeley when he was struck by a 54-year-old man making a left turn in his vehicle. DeMartini spent two days in the trauma center at Highland Hospital before passing away just after 4:00 pm on Wednesday afternoon. Police report that alcohol was not a factor in the collision.

DeMartini is the second young man to die this week in a skateboarding accident. On Sunday, 20-year-old Tucker Hacking of Walnut Creek died, just two days after falling from his skateboard on a steep road in Lafayette and hitting his head. Neither DeMartini nor Hacking were wearing helmets at the time of their accidents.

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