Upland , CA : 12-year-old boy was knocked over and killed while riding a scooter collided with an oncoming car in Upland on Friday , December 26th 2014

A 12-year-old boy rode an electric Razor scooter he had just received for Christmas into the path of an oncoming car and was fatally struck in the Upland area on Friday, authorities said.

The boy was riding near his home on 24th Street near Euclid Avenue (map) when he was hit, according to Officer Tammi Calderwood of the California Highway Patrol’s Ontario office, which was investigating.

The child, identified by his father as Roman Martinez, was airlifted to Loma Linda University Medical Center but died, according to a CHP collision report.

“The juvenile rode out of the driveway directly into the path of the oncoming Honda,” the CHP report stated. The driver “applied her brakes but was unable to stop prior to colliding with the juvenile.”

Roman was wearing a helmet and riding a scooter he had just received the previous day as a Christmas present, his father Roland Martinez said.



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Boy Riding Scooter He Got for Christmas Fatally Struck by Car in Front of His Home