US tourist dies 'car surfing' in Puerto RicoPolice say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car was killed when he fell and broke his neck in a popular Puerto Rican Puer·to Ri·co Abbr. PR or P.R. A self-governing island commonwealth of the United States in the Caribbean Sea east of Hispaniola. beach town. Police spokeswoman Yolanda Hernandez says 29-year-old Long Beach, New York Long Beach is a city in Nassau County, New York on a barrier island off the South Shore of Long Island and one of only two cities on the island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 35,462. , resident Jorge Geysel fell off his friend's Isuzu Trooper The Isuzu Trooper was a mid-size SUV produced by the Japanese automaker Isuzu between 1981 and 2002. It was exported worldwide as the Isuzu Bighorn, Isuzu Trooper, Honda Horizon, Acura SLX, Chevrolet Trooper, Vauxhall/Opel Monterey, and as he was "car surfing Car surfing is a form of acrobatics (or an illegal stunt if performed in public traffic) in which passengers of moving vehicles perform various stunts, including hanging out of the car or 'surfing' on the hood while it is in motion. " along a road in the west coast community of Rincon early Saturday. Hernandez says the insurance salesman died instantly. It was not clear how fast the car was traveling. Hernandez says she can't yet say whether Geysel's two companions will face any criminal charges. 
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