Distressing bad luck of Utah man, 24, who survived skateboard brain injury… only to be struck and killed by car while crossing road four years later
Utah man Wesley Hadfield, 24, has died after being struck by a car while crossing a road, four years after surviving a severe brain injury in an electric longboard accident. The case highlights the devastating sequence of two separate road-related incidents and has prompted renewed attention to safety risks for people using boards near traffic.
Hadfield suffered the earlier injury in 2022 after crashing head-first in a tunnel while riding a newly bought electric longboard without a helmet. He required emergency surgery for brain swelling, including removal of part of his skull, but survived; details of the later collision and any findings about responsibility were not included in the supplied text.
- Wesley Hadfield died after being hit by a car aged 24.
- He had survived a life-threatening longboard brain injury four years earlier.
- The earlier crash required emergency brain surgery.