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A pickup truck driver, 16, allegedly accelerated and caused another 16-year-old sitting on the tailgate to fall onto the asphalt, the California Highway Patrol said.
STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. — A 16-year-old boy suffered cardiac arrest after falling from a pickup truck’s tailgate at an elementary school Saturday near Ceres, authorities said.
Officers reportedly found a parked 1999 GMC pickup and the teenager lying nearby with major injuries around 2:45 p.m. in the Hidahl Elementary School parking lot, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Preliminary investigation indicates a boy, 16, was sitting on the pickup’s lowered tailgate as the driver, another 16-year-old boy, was driving within the parking lot, law enforcement said. The driver allegedly accelerated the pickup, causing the rider to fall from the tailgate onto the asphalt.
At 2:27 p.m., the Modesto Fire Department said medical personnel responded to the 2300 block of East Redwood Road for a report of a male who fell out of a vehicle and treated the patient, who was experiencing cardiac arrest, for traumatic injuries.
The 16-year-old who fell was taken to the hospital, the CHP said. The 16-year-old driver was reportedly uninjured. Both are from Ceres.
Neither alcohol nor drugs appear to be a factor in the crash, authorities said.
In a news release, the CHP said the agency would like to remind newly licensed drivers under 18 that they are not allowed to transport any passengers under 20 unless they are accompanied by an adult over 25.
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