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Archive Home > 2002 > March > 14 > Redmond can't afford to enforce skaters' safety

Redmond can't afford to enforce skaters' safety

Helmet requirement is too much of a burden, says official

By Jenny Slater / The Bulletin
March 14, 2002

REDMOND ? A crowd of skaters gathered on the bottom of the park?s concrete bowl last Thursday because one of them was hurt. He had knocked his unprotected head hard against the solid surface and needed to get home.

Fellow skater Justin Lintner, 13, borrowed a cell phone to call his parents for....

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