Man suffers broken neck after head-on crash with an e-scooter on the Boise Greenbelt

BOISE, Idaho — A Boise man is recovering from a broken neck after a teen on a Lime scooter crashed into him while he was riding his bike on the Boise greenbelt, raising concerns about e-scooter safety on the popular pathway.

Jeff Peterson was heading home after a bike ride when the head-on collision occurred last month, sending him to the hospital with serious injuries.

“It was a pretty violent crash. I mean, it was loud and I knew the second he turned into my lane that there would just been no way that I wasn’t gonna go over the bars for sure,” Peterson said…

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