Crime & Safety

'Car Surfing' Takes Teen's Life: Report

Charges are pending against the vehicle's driver, a 16-year-old girl.

A 16-year-old boy died Saturday on a Paulding County road when he was run over by a vehicle on which he was “car surfing,” according to a media report.

The unidentified teen was sitting on the hood of the vehicle when he fell off, WGCL-TV (CBS 46) reported. He was taken to Paulding County Hospital in Hiram and then to Grady Hospital in Atlanta, where he died from injuries sustained in the crash.

Charges are pending against the 16-year-old girl who was driving the vehicle, CBS 46 reported. She was not injured in the accident.

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