Tree-surfing teen hospitalised
AP
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US authorities say a teenager in Southern California riding a Christmas tree being dragged behind a sport utility vehicle, slammed into a parked car and was hospitalised with head injuries.
Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino says the 18-year-old and another teenager were Christmas tree "surfing", a seasonal internet fad.
Captain Greg McKeown said the SUV was going about 40kmh on Sunday night when the female driver took a corner and the tree veered wide and crashed.
Amormino says the driver fled. Two SUV passengers and the other tree surfer told deputies they didn't know the girl.
Authorities did not release any names. The injured man was hospitaliaed with moderate head injuries. Amormino says he is expected to survive.
He warned against tree surfing, calling it a serious traffic violation.
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