Man loses control of skateboard, killed in crash

WARRENSBURG (AP) - A suburban Kansas City man is dead after crashing his skateboard over the weekend just weeks before he was to graduate from college.

Dylan Austin, 26, Independence, was riding his skateboard at 2:17 a.m. Saturday down a hill leading into a park when he lost control and hit his head on a concrete curb.

Police Chief Bruce Howey says the University of Central Missouri student was going down a huge hill in the darkness and picking up speed when he crashed.

Austin was pronounced dead at the scene. He would have graduated in two weeks from the university with a master's degree.

Howey says there is no reason to suspect foul play was involved.