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South Coast teen dies in skateboarding accident

A GoFundMe account has been set up to help the family of Tayden Tomblin, who died following a skateboarding accident during the holiday weekend.
Courtesy Tomblin Family
Tayden Tomblin, who died following a skateboarding accident during the holiday weekend.

A GoFundMe account was set up to help the family of San Marcos High School senior Tayden Tomblin.

A South Coast high school student is dead following a skateboarding accident.

Tayden Tomblin died from a head injury from the accident while on a holiday weekend outing with his family in Los Angeles. He was a senior at Santa Barbara’s San Marcos High School. He was a well-known student at the high school and a member of the water polo and swim teams.

The high school has been offering counseling to students and staff members trying to cope with the tragedy.

A GoFundMe account has been set up to help Tomblin’s family.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.