Skateboarder dies after hit-and-run on Christmas night in Fort Worth
A 24-year-old woman died Thursday after being hit by a vehicle while skateboarding on Christmas night. The driver of the vehicle did not stop.
Courtney Flower Malone, of Hurst, was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital shortly after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to call sheets from the Fort Worth Police Department.
Malone died about 11 a.m. Thursday, according to a news release from the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The cause and manner of Malone’s death was not listed on the release.
Malone was hit by a vehicle while in the eastbound lanes of the 5600 block of the Interstate 20 service road near the Mansfield Highway, the release said.
Mitch Mitchell
Fort Worth Star-Telegram