Parkour Investigated In Teen’s Death

Madison sends us this tragic story from California.

Kenneth Ta is dead.

Sacramento police said the 15-year-old fell from an eight-story parking structure at 28th and N streets last Thursday evening.

… We’re just trying to determine if it was an accidental fall or something else,” said Officer Laura Peck, a spokeswoman for the Sacramento Police Department.

Friends and family members told KCRA 3 they believe parkour, an urban sport popularized on the Internet, might be to blame. …

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Our sincere condolences to Kenneth’s family.

2 comments ↓

#1 Coach S on 11.08.09 at 8:32 pm

It was bound to happen sooner or later. The stuff these kids do for some youtube fame is crazy.

#2 Blair Lowe on 11.09.09 at 12:44 am

Whoa, where I live. I’m pretty sure I know where that is downtown.

Unfortunate.

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