PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The popularity of electric bicycles and scooters is on the rise, and unfortunately, so are injuries.
Last weekend, two girls riding an e-scooter were hit by a car in Aston, Delaware County. One of the girls, 12-year-old Abby Gillon, died from her injuries. The other girl, 11-year-old Isabella Jones, remains in critical condition.
“We’ve had an uptick in electrical bicycle and scooter injuries over the past year,” said Dr. Charles Paidas, division director of general surgery at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware. “The most common ones are facial abrasions, long bone fractures and burns associated with the actual events of the fall.”…