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Teen dies in skateboarding accident in Henderson

Updated Monday, Nov. 3, 2014 | 4:55 p.m.

Skateboarding Accident

​The Clark County coroner's office has identified the teen that died in a skate boarding accident Sunday afternoon.

Michael Vaughn, 16, was riding a longboard through a concrete wash with a friend behind the Palm Hills community. Henderson Police received a call at about 4 p.m. reporting that Vaughn had hit a rock, crashed, and hit his head.

Vaughn died of blunt head trauma. He was pronounced dead at Rose Dominican Hospital - Rose De Lima campus.

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