Crime & Safety
Skateboarder in Critical Condition After Head Injury
Twenty-six-year-old woman fell at Rheem and Glorietta boulevards, Orinda, on Wednesday afternoon.
A 26-year-old Orinda woman was reported in critical condition after striking her head in a skateboard fall on Rheem Boulevard, Orinda, Wednesday afternoon.
The woman was coming down the Rheem hill and apparently trying to take a right onto eastbound Glorietta Boulevard when she lost control, a witness said, according to Orinda Police Officer Mike Gray. The skateboarder did not yield at the stop sign of the T intersection, Gray said.
The skateboarder was not wearing a helmet, Gray said. Police received the call at 3:26 p.m. Wednesday. The injured woman was taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.
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Gray said no motor vehicles were involved in the accident. It's an area where neighbors are concerned about traffic patterns and speeding autos.
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