SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A public health alert is now in effect in San Diego County following a rise in e-bike crashes and injuries involving children.
Board Chair Tara Lawson-Remer made the announcement in a press release Thursday.
“I just see so many kids doing things that are so unsafe,” said Lawson-Remer, whose District 3 covers Carlsbad to Coronado, along with some inland urban areas. She believes the public health alert is a critical step.
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“It allows our entire public health system to mobilize around e-bikes as a public health issue, and when the county has not yet declared it as an issue, it’s much harder for doctors, hospitals to do any kind of patient education, and that’s what really matters,” said Lawson-Remer…