SAFETY ALERT: Youth injuries soar from electric bikes, scooters, cycles

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – In the aftermath of a local 13-year-old’s death, we’ve learned there’s been a sharp increase in youth injuries on electric mopeds, scooters, dirt bikes and motorcycles.

Kenneth Faile-Hood, an eighth-grader at Harlem Middle School, died Tuesday night in an electric dirt-bike crash on Appling Harlem Road. He hit a tree limb on the shoulder and was thrown from the vehicle, according to authorities.

As these electric vehicles have grown in popularity, there’s been an increase in accidents involving them…

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