{"id":518898,"date":"2026-04-08T04:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/518898\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T04:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:37:11","slug":"illegal-e-bike-crash-leaves-rider-critical-and-two-pedestrians-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/518898\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Illegal\u2019 e\u2011bike crash leaves rider critical and two pedestrians injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man is in a critical condition in hospital after a collision involving an e\u2011bike that also left two pedestrians hurt in Renfrew.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to Inchinnan Road at around 2.25pm on Tuesday, April 7, following reports of a crash involving an e\u2011bike and pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p>The male rider was taken to hospital, where medical staff describe his condition as critical.<\/p>\n<p>Two women, both aged 69, were taken to hospital for treatment.Police later described the e\u2011bike as illegal.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Police Scotland said: \u201cAround 2.25pm on Tuesday, 7 April 2026, police received a report of a crash involving an illegal e\u2011bike and pedestrians on Inchinnan Road, Renfrew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmergency services attended and the male rider of the e\u2011bike was taken to hospital, where medical staff describe his condition as critical.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo female pedestrians, aged 69, were also injured and taken to hospital.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Police say enquiries are ongoing into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man is in a critical condition in hospital after a collision involving an e\u2011bike that also left&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-518898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}