{"id":504005,"date":"2026-10-22T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504005\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T09:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T09:00:16","slug":"oc-parents-of-teen-killed-while-riding-e-motorcycle-charged-with-child-endangerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504005\/","title":{"rendered":"OC parents of teen killed while riding e-motorcycle charged with child endangerment"},"content":{"rendered":"

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (KABC) — The parents of a 13-year-old boy who died while riding an e-motorcycle in Garden Grove<\/a> have been charged with child endangerment, prosecutors announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Benson Nguyen died in May. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office says Benson was going more than 40 miles per hour before losing control and slamming into a light pole.<\/p>\n

Garden Grove police said the e-motorcycle he was riding was not street legal and emphasized it was not an e-bike, noting it did not have pedals and was more comparable to a dirt bike that would be used for off-roading.<\/p>\n

The teenage boy who died after he crashed while riding an electric motorcycle in Garden Grove has been identified as Benson Nguyen.<\/p>\n

In addition to a child endangerment charge, his father, Vu Thanh Nguyen, 56, is facing a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Prosecutors say he bought his son a “faster and more powerful” e-motorcycle despite “multiple warnings about his son’s reckless riding and the fact that his son was repeatedly injured while riding a different electric vehicle.”<\/p>\n

The district attorney’s office added in a press release that Benson broke his leg just six months before he died.<\/p>\n

His mother, Hong Cuc Thi Nguyen, is facing one misdemeanor count of child endangerment.<\/p>\n

If convicted on all charges, Vu Nguyen faces a maximum sentence of six years in state prison and Hong Nguyen faces a maximum sentence of one year in county jail.<\/p>\n


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