Two electrical bike riders have been injured — one among them fatally — in a collision with a sedan late Tuesday evening in Burbank, police mentioned.
The collision occurred round 11p.m. on the intersection of Alameda Avenue and Hollywood Method. Arriving Burbank law enforcement officials discovered “a female and male who had been ejected from the bike,” authorities mentioned in an announcement. Each had suffered critical accidents.
The 2 have been taken to a trauma middle, the place the person died. The girl stays in vital situation, authorities mentioned.
Authorities didn’t launch the names or ages of the riders.
The driving force of the sedan remained on the scene of the crash and cooperated with authorities. The driving force didn’t “show indicators or signs of being below the affect of medicine or alcohol,” authorities mentioned in an announcement.
Early indications are that “unsafe velocity by the motorcyclists was doubtless a contributing issue,” authorities mentioned.
The deadly collision follows two e-bike deaths earlier this month, one in Huntington Seaside and the opposite in Camarillo.
Over the past a number of years, e-bikes have elevated in reputation amongst youthful adults and youngsters, resulting in an increase in critical and sometimes-deadly collisions.
Between 2018 and 2024, e-bikes have been concerned in a minimum of 4,035 collisions in California, a examine by researchers at UC San Diego discovered.
“As electrical mobility units change into extra standard, the Burbank Police Division encourages mother and father and riders to grasp the legal guidelines governing these units, put on applicable security gear, obey visitors legal guidelines and journey responsibly,” authorities mentioned in an announcement.
