3 teens dead in e-bike crashes within a week in Union County

🚨Two teens on e-bikes were struck and killed in Cranford

🚨Driver fled on foot but was later found and taken into custody

🚨Deadly crash comes just days after another Union County teen died on an e-bike

CRANFORD — Two teens were struck and killed in a crash late Monday afternoon, the same week that another e-bike-riding teen in Union County was killed in a crash.

Union County Prosecutor William Daniel said both individuals were struck by the vehicle on Burnside Avenue around 5:25 p.m. The driver walked away from the scene but was later arrested. The victims were pronounced dead at hospitals.

Cranford municipal officials identified the victims as “young women from Cranford High School.”…

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