N.B. man, 19, dead after trying to climb onto moving car

MONCTON, N.B. -- A 19-year-old New Brunswick man is dead after some horseplay involving a moving vehicle went horribly wrong.

Police say they responded to a 911 call Friday in Ford Mills, near Rexton.

They say the 19-year-old from Jardineville had fallen to the street as he tried to climb on the roof of a moving car.

He was taken to hospital in Moncton, where he was pronounced dead Wednesday.

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  Firefighter gear serves as a makeshift memorial for a 19-year-old volunteer firefighter who died Wednesday, in Rexdale, N.B., Friday, May 24, 2013.