• WEATHER ALERT Winter Weather Advisory  Coarsegold teen killed
in skateboarding accident  January 19, 2013 12:00:00 AM PST A
Coarsegold teen was killed when he skateboarded down a steep
hill and hit a car.  The victim, Jacob Schumaker, was 17 years
old. The accident occurred at a normally quiet intersection in
the Yosemite Lakes Park community.  Sgt. Brad Denham of the
California Highway Patrol explained how it happened. "The young
man on the skateboard was traveling westbound on Yosemite
Springs Parkway. He traversed a skateboard through a stop sign
on Road 400 directly into the path of an oncoming vehicle driven
by a 64-year-old woman from Coarsegold. It's just a very tragic
situation."  The driver of the car along with other witnesses
tried desperately to save the young man's life, but he died of
traumatic injuries at the scene.  Schumaker had been a student
at Yosemite High School. Friend Katie Carrington, who is 16,
said Jacob was a fun loving and carefree boy. "Always making
jokes about anything, anyth