Teen skateboarder dies in hospital after Calgary collision involving SUV

CALGARY — Police say an Alberta teen has died after he was hit by an SUV in Calgary last week while riding his skateboard.

Officers were called to a collision involving a pedestrian and a vehicle at Hunterview Drive and Hunterbrook Road.

They say a 79-year-old woman had been travelling south in her 2011 Buick Enclave toward the intersection as the 17-year-old boy approached.

He was hit by the Buick and suffered serious, life-threatening injuries, while the woman was not hurt.