A 72-year-old Seal Beach, California, woman who was seriously injured when a teenager on an electric motorcycle struck her in a crosswalk is speaking out about the incident for the first time. Stephanie Potter said she’s four months into recovery, but it’s far from over. She’s now looking for better safety rules and accountability around e-bikes and e-motorcycles, according to ABC7.
Potter said she remembers little about the March crash. She had met friends on Main Street and was entering a crosswalk at Ocean Avenue around 5:30 p.m. She woke up in the intensive care unit with her right tibia, her left hand, her nose, and her jaw all broken. She said she later learned she had been struck by a teenager riding what she described as an illegal Sur-Ron e-motorcycle.
She spent two weeks in the ICU and then four weeks at a rehab facility. She was finally able to go home once she could speak and swallow on her own. Four months on, her jaw still hasn’t been fully repaired, which she said leaves her speech mumbled. She’s scheduled for surgery next month to have her jaw re-broken and reset…