{"id":273124,"date":"2026-04-17T20:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/273124\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:40:13","slug":"teen-on-e-motorcycle-hits-man-81-and-flees-scene-in-orange-county-ocsd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/273124\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen On E-Motorcycle Hits Man, 81, And Flees Scene In Orange County: OCSD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAKE FOREST, CA \u2014 An 81-year-old man is in critical condition and a 14-year-old teenage motorcyclist was arrested after a hit-and-run in Lake Forest, authorities said. <\/p>\n<p>The crash was reported on Thursday, April 16 shortly before 4 p.m., when deputies were originally called to the area of Toledo Way and Ridge Route Drive for a pedestrian struck by an e-bike.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, deputies found an 81-year-old victim was life-threatening injuries. He was moved to a nearby hospital and is currently in critical condition, deputies said. <\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, the suspect fled the area. <\/p>\n<p>Investigators later found out through witness testimony that the &#8220;e-bike&#8221; was actually an electric motorcycle designed for off-highway use, police said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Witnesses were able to give a description of the suspect, who was suspected of driving recklessly at the time of the crash,&#8221; an OCSD statement read. &#8220;The suspect was quickly identified and a search warrant was served at a nearby residence in the City of Lake Forest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A 14-year-old boy was arrested and booked at Orange County Juvenile Hall for charges related to the incident, police said. <\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the incident was asked to contact the OCSD at (714) 647-7000. <\/p>\n<p>Anonymous tips can be sent to OC Crime Stoppers at 855-TIP-OCCS (855-847-6227).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAKE FOREST, CA \u2014 An 81-year-old man is in critical condition and a 14-year-old teenage motorcyclist was arrested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-273124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}