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Road Rash Kills 7 Year Old Skater
Young Jessie Geyer Died After a Skating Fall

Seven year old Jessie Geyer of Northern California died on October 31, 2003, because a patch of road rash on her leg, the result of an inline skating fall, gave her a streptococcal infection that spread throughout her body.

Jessie became ill about 10 days after the fall, with a body temperature of about 103 and pain so severe pain in her right leg she could barely straighten it or walk. The interesting thing is that the knee scrape was on her on the other leg. Hospital staff failed to test Jessie for a streptococcal infection, and therefore she was not treated with the antibiotics that are normally used in cases like this.

Jessie was rushed to the hospital about 2 days before she died, and at that time she was treated with antibiotics, but it was too late to save her.

For more information about this incident see this Contra Costa Times Article.

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