Damn kids!

[Mag]

FAIRBANKS -- Alaska State Troopers are reporting a Fairbanks man died Saturday night near the Chena Lake Recreation Area after rolling his snowmachine off a trail.

According to the troopers' Web site Sunday, 20-year-old Fredrik Burk was riding with several friends in the North Pole area after the group had been drinking. The report said emergency responders declared Burk dead after friends found him unconscious and bleeding near a trail close to the road.

The post reported Burk rolled his snowmachine at least once and was not wearing a helmet.

Troopers are investigating the accident.

 

[MARV1]

Too bad. . . Happens all too often, even in the villages(DUI) and not all much happens until something like this occurs.

 

[rev440alaska]

yea.....damn those 20 year old kids.....

 

[shwee]

It's not about "Damn those 20 year old kids"... It's about "Damn that's sad about that 20 year old kid with his whole life in front of him, making a stupid mistake like that."

He'll never have kids, get married and live his life. His parents will now bury their baby boy at 20 years old.

 

[Nikolai]

Very sad and completely unneccesary.

 

[icr]

condolences to the family.

 

[akmc800]

yea.....damn those 20 year old kids.....

Yeah 20 isn't young?....... Sad to see.

 

[AkSummit]

color me A$$hole-- but its all statistics in my mind...

If fools dont want to wear helmets and then do dumb $hit- then GOOD FOR ME!

Its all %'s. At least now his buddies will wear helmets.


OK- I dont want to come off as THAT BAD of an *******- So SERIOUSLY, I feel bad for those involved. We all do dumb stuff, to bad the kid paid with his life. I hope folks think about what CAN happen when everyone is having "fun".

 

[AKSNOWRIDER]

It's not about "Damn those 20 year old kids"... It's about "Damn that's sad about that 20 year old kid with his whole life in front of him, making a stupid mistake like that."

He'll never have kids, get married and live his life. His parents will now bury their baby boy at 20 years old.

As a parent you never want to outlive your children...RIP...best to his family..I hope everyone young and old think about this the next time they indulge and hang a leg over a sled(or any motor vehicle)...there is time for both..just not the same time...

 

[theultrarider]

As a parent you never want to outlive your children...RIP...best to his family..I hope everyone young and old think about this the next time they indulge and hang a leg over a sled(or any motor vehicle)...there is time for both..just not the same time...

Well said AKSNOWRIDER. My prayers to the family...

 

[CATKILLER]

yup ive lost a loved one due to a riding accident.
my condolences to his family

 

[rev440alaska]

color me A$$hole-- but its all statistics in my mind...

If fools dont want to wear helmets and then do dumb $hit- then GOOD FOR ME!

Its all %'s. At least now his buddies will wear helmets.


OK- I dont want to come off as THAT BAD of an *******- So SERIOUSLY, I feel bad for those involved. We all do dumb stuff, to bad the kid paid with his life. I hope folks think about what CAN happen when everyone is having "fun".

good to see you care so much about other people. everyone makes mistakes in their life, but some people are unlucky and their mistakes kill them. r.i.p.

 

[bri74]

Ill be the first to admit me and most of my buds will have a beer on the trail but you gotta have a head on your shoulders and be safe and sane about it. I too lost a great friend a few years back from drinking and riding. Just be safe and use that brain we all have. Thoughts go out to all families that have lost a loved one to this sport.

 

[Prayn4snow]

Just what we need, more bad publicity for sleders

This is a sad story in the ADN, I feel sorry for his family.... http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/596064.html

Anchorage doctor hit, killed by snowmachine.
Physician in town to treat kids was on a dog sled; 20 year old snowmachine driver may have been drinking.

A fast-moving snowmachine smashed into a dog sled outside Kotzebue on Wednesday night, killing an Anchorage pediatrician, state troopers say.

 

[copperriverman]

got to be pretty drunk to hit a dog sled team. people die from drinking and riding all over us no matter what age.. dam those stupid people that cant hold there liquids

 

[AkHockey10]

sucks.