Police say the dirt bike rider left the scene following the crash. PHILADELPHIA - A teenage skateboarder who was struck by a dirt bike rider on a Philadelphia street over the weekend has died as authorities continue to search for the rider who fled the scene.
The incident occurred on Sunday, around 10:30 p.m. on Allegheny Avenue in Philadelphia’s Fairhill neighborhood. Police say the male dirt bike rider was traveling east bound at a high rate of speed and performing wheelies when he struck 17-year-old Jesus Gomez Rosario.
Rosario, who was riding a skateboard at the time of the incident was taken to Temple University Hospital with severe injuries.
He succumbed to those injuries late Tuesday morning, according to Philadelphia police. Philadelphia Police are searching for a dirt bike rider behind a hit-and-run involving a teen skateboarder that happened in Fairhill on Sunday night.On Tuesday, police released video showing the aftermath of the crash and released images of the dirt bike rider.