Henderson teen dies after skateboarding crash

By ANNALISE LITTLE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

November 3, 2014 - 5:00 pm

(Review-Journal File)

A Henderson teenager died after hurting his head in a skateboarding crash Sunday, Henderson police reported.

Michael Vaughn, 16, was skateboarding in a concrete wash near Horizon Ridge Parkway and Horizon Drive when he fell at about 4 p.m. and hit his head, Henderson police spokeswoman Kathleen Richards said. He was wearing a helmet.

The Foothill High School sophomore was pronounced dead at St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Rose de Lima campus. The coroner’s office reported his official cause of death as blunt head trauma.

Contact reporter Annalise Little at alittle@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0391. Find her on Twitter: @annalisemlittle.

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