A Waterford teenager is hospitalized in critical condition for injuries he sustained when the E-motorcycle he was operating was struck by an SUV Thursday afternoon in Waterford, officials said.
According to the Waterford Police Department, the teen was in the southbound side of the crosswalk on Airport Road at Williams Lake Road when he disregarded the “Do Not Walk” signal and was struck by a Chevrolet Equinox. The Equinox was traveling east on Williams Lake Road on a green light, police said.
Waterford police officers and a crew from the Waterford Regional Fire Department responded to the crash at approximately 5 p.m., police said. The teenager was transported to Corewell Health Hospital in Royal Oak and was in critical condition as of Friday morning, police said. The Equinox driver, a 35-year-old Highland Township woman, wasn’t injured in the collision.
Electric motorcycles, commonly called E-motos, differ from E-bikes as the operator is legally required to have a driver’s license with cycle endorsement, registration and insurance. Also, they have maximum traveling speeds well above those of E-bikes. In recent weeks, similar injury crashes involving E-motos have been reported in Oakland County, including in Rochester Hills when the operator was hit by a truck in Rochester Hills and another incident in Bloomfield Township when two teens were hit by a truck while crossing Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Township.
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