{"id":874494,"date":"2026-08-31T02:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T02:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/874494\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T02:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T02:14:17","slug":"two-children-hospitalised-after-e-scooter-crashes-on-busy-scarborough-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/874494\/","title":{"rendered":"Two children hospitalised after e-scooter crashes on busy Scarborough street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Two children have been injured after an e-scooter lost control and crashed on a busy suburban street in Perth\u2019s north.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The two 14-year-old boys were riding the scooter up Huntriss Road in Scarborough before they were \u201cthrown onto the roadway\u201d after losing control of it near Boronia Street at about 2.30pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">St John Ambulance responded and the boys were rushed to Perth Children\u2019s Hospital, where they remain being treated for serious but non life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">WA Police said the incident is being handled by Road Policing Group North officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The e-scooter has been seized for examination as part of the investigation, with police to examine all circumstances surrounding the crash, including compliance with applicable road laws and safety requirements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">e-rideables are designed for a single rider and passengers are not permitted under Western Australian road law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The crash is the latest in a string of crashes involving e-scooters, with a <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perthnow.com.au\/wa\/teenager-in-hospital-after-being-hit-while-riding-e-scooter-outside-high-school-north-of-perth-c-22779068\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">teenager colliding with a ute<\/a> outside Yanchep Secondary College last Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Police launched <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thewest.com.au\/news\/crime\/operation-moorhead-e-rideable-crackdown-in-perths-northern-suburbs-sees-dozens-of-children-charged-by-police-c-21611617\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Operation Moorhead<\/a> earlier this year in an effort to crackdown on young people engaging in dangerous, offensive use of e-rideables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two children have been injured after an e-scooter lost control and crashed on a busy suburban street in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,48,44,46,1158,45],"class_list":["post-874494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-crime","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-police","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}