E-Bike Accidents & Injuries on the Rise
A growing number of Irvine students are using electric bikes (e-bikes) to get to and from school, and for getting around town. Physicians, police officers, and emergency medical service professionals have begun raising safety concerns due to the increase and severity of e-bike accidents and injuries.
Local trauma surgeons are dealing with unprecedented injuries among children involved in e-bike accidents. Kids are being treated for multiple e-bike crashes — resulting in leg fractures and traumatic brain injuries that require hospital admissions, intensive care, surgeries, and ongoing treatment. We’ve also seen students lose control of their e-bikes and crash into parked or moving cars.
Many of these kids were not wearing helmets that protect the brain and face, which has led to major facial injuries that can require extensive reconstructive surgery to correct. All bicyclists (and e-bike riders) under the age of 18 are required by California law to wear helmets.
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