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    Famed snowboarding daredevil randomly killed on L.A. street

    by James Queally, Los Angeles Times Jun 24, 2019 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Dmitry Koltsov spent most of his life with two feet planted on a board.

    His ability to pull off precise tricks and flips while vaulting through the air on a snowboard earned him a place on the podium at Russian championship meets and international competitions. Friends said his daredevil nature also made him a hero at skate parks in Southern California.

    He'd even taken his talents to the ocean, working as a surf instructor in Bali and later Los Angeles.

    Friends said Koltsov was hopping off a board in downtown Los Angeles on June 10 with a group of other skaters when a Kia Sorrento drove toward them. Neither Koltsov nor his friends knew the man approaching them.

    Koltsov didn't know the skate session he'd just completed would be his last.

    Prosecutors say

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