16-year-old died ‘car surfing’ in Colorado — and now cops warn about ‘deadly trend’

Riding on the outside of a moving vehicle — known as “car surfing” — isn’t just “incredibly dangerous,” Colorado authorities warn. It can be fatal. On May 5, a vehicle overturned, critically injuring a 16-year-old boy who later died, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Witnesses reported passengers in the vehicle were hanging out of the windows before the crash, sheriff’s officials said. Teens have been reported “car surfing” in at least five other incidents in recent weeks in Douglas County, the sheriff’s office said, calling...