Ohio’s Avon Police Department (APD) is investigating the death of 18-year-old Paul L. Allen, who died Saturday after a game of tag, News 5 Cleveland reported.
Avon police said that Allen sustained a fatal injury when he jumped on a moving vehicle as part of the game, Fox 8 reported. Allen fell backward from the impact and struck his head on the roadway, police said, according to News 5 Cleveland.
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The driver of the vehicle and Allen knew each other and had been “involved in a game of tag with squirt guns,” Avon police said. When police arrived on the scene, a female was giving Allen CPR, but ultimately, the teenager died after being transported to the hospital, Fox 8 reported.
Avon is a city of a little over 25,000 inhabitants, according to a 2022 census. (RELATED: Horrifying Video Appears To Show Moment Elderly Man Allegedly Shoots Uber Driver)
There were an estimated 44,450 motor-related deaths in the United States in 2023, according to the National Safety Council (NSC).
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In another instance, a driver allegedly crashed his car into a pole outside of a shop, entered it and jumped into a giant fish tank while naked in January, CBS 42 reported. Police arrested and charged that man.