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Skateboarder's Death Sparks Calls For Helmet Law

Posted: 7:45 am PDT June 20, 2006Updated: 12:24 pm PDT June 20, 2006

Friends and relatives of a 14-year-old skateboarder who died last week in Port Angeles urged the city council on Monday night to pass a helmet law.

Frank Russo suffered fatal head injuries when he fell off his skateboard at a skate park on Friday night. He was not wearing a helmet.

"If he had a helmet on, he would still be alive. He had a cerebellum injury and he immediately went into, (was) brain dead within 10 minutes," said William Feeney, Russo's stepfather. "It's needless."

Discuss: Helmet Safety

Russo's friends said he normally wore a helmet, and they didn't know why he wasn't wearing it on Friday night.

Some of his friends asked the city council to require helmets at the skate park. Others urged the council to rename the park in Russo's honor.

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