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Skateboarder Dies After Slamming into MTA Bus, Cops Say

 Michael Pratt, 25, was killed after he slammed into an MTA bus on June 12, 2013.
Michael Pratt, 25, was killed after he slammed into an MTA bus on June 12, 2013.
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BROOKLYN — A skateboarder riding through East Flatbush slammed into the rear of an MTA bus and died early Thursday, cops said.

The man, 25, who was identified in the Daily News as Michael Pratt, was headed south on Rockaway Parkway when he hit the east-bound bus at East New York Avenue about 1 a.m., according to the NYPD.

Pratt was rushed to Kings County Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.