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.

3 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.

#3 ben on 09.17.10 at 8:23 am

sad for this kid but parkour should not be to blame bc of what he did. if he did parkour then he wouldnt jump he would be climbing up and he could have slipped and fall but parkour should not be to blame it was hes choosing to do parkour!

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