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A La Follette High School student crashed his family’s SUV and suffered a serious arm fracture while spinning the vehicle in the school parking lot just minutes after hearing an officer talk about the dangers of reckless driving Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

The 17-year-old boy estimated he was traveling about 15 to 20 mph when he lost control of the SUV and it rolled, the Madison Fire Department said. He said he was wearing his seat belt.

Firefighters and paramedics treated the boy at the school parking lot in the 700 block of Pflaum Road around 1:25 p.m. Thursday before he was taken to an area hospital.

The incident at the Southeast Side school occurred about 10 minutes after the boy was part of a group of students who stood in the school parking lot and listened to a lecture on the dangers of reckless driving by La Follette Educational Resource Officer Ken Mosley, Madison police said.

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