A 12-year-old longboarder has multiple broken bones and is in a coma in critical condition after being airlifted to BC Children’s hospital after he ran into the side of a car in Maple Ridge on Sunday afternoon.

The young boy was wearing a helmet, but reportedly failed to stop at the intersection of Kimola Drive and McClure Drive, and crashed into the side of the car. Friends of the 12-year-old say he had only been longboarding for a couple of weeks and at the time of the crash he was on the board on his stomach.

Longboards are greater in both length and width than the skateboard and the sport has been making headlines in the Lower Mainland with the increasing numbers of crash incidents. This latest crash follows a recent string of serious longboarding accidents in West Vancouver, where it’s banned and North Vancouver where it’s restricted.

The driver stayed at the scene and investigators say at this point it doesn’t look like charges will be laid.