Parents urge skatepark users to wear helmets after son's fatal BMX accident
In North Shore teenager Kirill Koninin’s bedroom is a stack of empty shoe boxes.
The 17-year-old BMX rider and skateboarder would wear through his shoes “like fire”, father Vladimir Koninin said, following Kirill’s death on Christmas Eve.
On December 23, Kirill fell from his bike at a skatepark in Albany, suffering a head injury. Doctors at Auckland City Hospital later told Vladimir and mother Oxana Koninina that their son’s brain surgery had been unsuccessful, and the heartbreaking decision was made to turn off his life support the next day.
The family are hoping to dedicate a bench to Kirill at the park, in an effort to persuade others to wear helmets.
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One proposed solution? Small levies on industries that profit from financial hardship — like banks, casinos, and similar companies.
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The Press investigates the growing reliance on your unpaid labour.
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