{"id":273603,"date":"2026-04-18T02:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/273603\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T02:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:56:11","slug":"14-year-old-arrested-after-electric-motorcycle-hits-81-year-old-man-in-oc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/273603\/","title":{"rendered":"14-year-old arrested after electric motorcycle hits 81-year-old man in OC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">LAKE FOREST, Calif. &#8211; A devastating collision in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/orange-county\/lake-forest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lake Forest <\/a>has left an elderly man fighting for his life and a teenager in custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The incident has raised immediate concerns regarding the use of high-powered e-bikes and motorcycles on city streets.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The crash happened just before 4 p.m. on Thursday near the intersection of Toledo Way and Ridge Route Drive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">That&#8217;s where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/orange-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Orange County<\/a> Sheriff&#8217;s deputies found an 81-year-old man with life-threatening injuries. He was taken to the hospital and is currently in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Although initially reported as an e-bike, investigators clarified the vehicle was an electric motorcycle designed for off-highway use.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Following witness descriptions of reckless driving, authorities served a search warrant at a Lake Forest home and arrested a 14-year-old boy, who was booked at Orange County Juvenile Hall.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Authorities have not yet released the names of the victim or the suspect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">It&#8217;s unclear exactly how fast the electric motorcycle was traveling at the time of impact or if the vehicle had been illegally modified for street use.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The specific charges the teenager faces beyond his initial booking have not been made public.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The Orange County Sheriff&#8217;s Department\u2019s Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) is continuing to process evidence from the scene and the seized e-motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Anyone with information regarding the crash is encouraged to contact the Orange County Sheriff&#8217;s Department at (714) 647-7000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">If you wish to remain anonymous, you can provide tips via OC Crime Stoppers at 855-TIP-OCCS or through their website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocsheriff.gov\/occrimestoppers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ocsheriff.gov\/occrimestoppers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This report is based on information from the Orange County Sheriff&#8217;s Department.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/orange-county\/lake-forest\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lake Forest<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/orange-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orange County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAKE FOREST, Calif. &#8211; A devastating collision in Lake Forest has left an elderly man fighting for his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,1184,2042,26994,100,611,1181],"class_list":["post-273603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-ca","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-lake-forest","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273603","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=273603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}