Traffic & Transit

Skateboarder Hurt In Accident Near Ocean Beach

Police confirmed the skateboarder was transported to the UC San Diego Medical Center with serious injuries.

Police confirmed the skateboarder was transported to the UC San Diego Medical Center with serious injuries.
Police confirmed the skateboarder was transported to the UC San Diego Medical Center with serious injuries. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

SAN DIEGO, CA — A skateboarder was taken to a hospital after colliding with a vehicle on Nimitz Boulevard in Ocean Beach, police said Tuesday.

An unidentified person riding a skateboard was hit by a car forcing the closure Nimitz Boulevard between West Point Loma and Sunset Cliffs boulevards around 7:45 a.m., the according to the San Diego Police Department.

Police confirmed the skateboarder was transported to the UC San Diego Medical Center with serious injuries.

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No other information was released. The San Diego Police Department Traffic Division closed the roadway to continue the investigation.

— City News Service

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