Overview
- South Australia Police said the Pooraka man died in hospital on Saturday, two days after a Thursday crash at Golden Grove skate park.
- Friends identified the rider as Sam Inwood and posted tributes, with a remembrance gathering invited at The Bucket car park popular with riders.
- He did not seek immediate treatment after the fall and went to hospital hours later or the following day, according to local reports.
- Witness Robert Lonie said a friend told him it was Inwood’s first day riding and suggested inexperience and delayed care may have contributed.
- Police counted the death as the 11th life lost on South Australian roads so far this year.