Car-Surfing Hermitage Teen Suffers Severe Head Trauma

HERMITAGE, TN — A McGavock High School student suffered severe head trauma after he fell from the back of a moving car. Metro Police believe he may have been engaged in high-risk "car surfing."

Two women walking through their Hermitage neighborhood found the teen lying in an intersection after having previously seeing him sitting on the trunk of a car, they told NewsChannel 5.

"We saw them drive past and he was sitting on the back of the car, and we were just saying something bad is going to happen," Sierra Drake told the station.

"He had to brace himself because when the guy stopped it threw him back," her friend, Briannan Turner, added.

The pair told NewsChannel 5 they have seen teenagers "car surfing" several times in their neighborhood. Typically, this activity involves standing on the roof or rear of a moving car or hanging on to a vehicle while riding a skateboard.

In 2005, another McGavock student died as a result of car surfing in Two Rivers Park.

In the most recent case, the driver was charged with reckless driving.

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