"Car surfing" when someone stands on the roof or back bumper of a moving vehicle, led to an accident that took a teenage girl's life over the weekend, Iowa police said. Shana Chavez, 16, and another girl were riding on the back bumper of an SUV, while a 17-year-old male drove around a parking lot of a Theisen's Home, Farm and Auto store on Friday night, Cedar Rapids police said. Chavez fell off the car and suffered traumatic injuries that she later died from in a nearby hospital. "When you consider that we require that people be belted inside the car for their safety, standing on the roof of the car, on the hood, or on the back bumper while a vehicle is moving is extremely dangerous," Cedar Rapids Public Safety Officer Greg Buelow said, "Car surfing can turn deadly with just one wrong movement by the driver of the person riding."
