Date and Time: February 24, 2020 11:15 a.m.

Incident: Motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on a skateboard

Location: 61 NW Oregon Avenue, Centennial Parking Plaza Downtown Parking Garage

Victim: 17 year old, female, Bend resident

Driver:  17 year old, female, Bend resident

Vehicle involved: 2014 Volkswagen Jetta

Bend Police investigated an injury crash at the Centennial Parking Plaza Downtown Parking Garage around 11:15 a.m. on February 24, 2020, where a 17 year old female was skateboarding and holding onto the driver’s side mirror of a Volkswagen Jetta, driven by a 17 year old female. The Jetta was towing the skateboarder up to the top of the garage. It isn’t known at this point why, but the skateboarder lost her grip from the Jetta and was injured from the fall. The investigation shows she was not struck by the Jetta. The skateboarder was not wearing a helmet at the time she was injured.

Bend Fire & Rescue transported the skateboarder St. Charles Health Systems with serious injuries. The driver is cooperating with the investigation.  

Access to the parking structure was closed for about forty minutes while emergency responders tended to the victim and were investigating the incident.

The case is still under investigation, no citations have been issued.

Submitted by: Lt. Juli McConkey