{"id":294984,"date":"2026-06-03T21:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/294984\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T21:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:48:08","slug":"port-st-lucie-police-urge-e-scooter-safety-after-brothers-injured-in-crash-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/294984\/","title":{"rendered":"Port St. Lucie police urge e-scooter safety after brothers injured in crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 School is out for the summer, and that means more kids may be out on city streets riding e-bikes and electric scooters.<\/p>\n

Port St. Lucie Police are investigating a crash involving two boys on an electric scooter.<\/p>\n

The crash happened around 1:30 Tuesday afternoon in the 1600 block of Southeast Lennard Road.<\/p>\n

Police say a 15-year-old boy and his 8-year-old brother were riding an electric scooter on the sidewalk when they collided with a Mercedes SUV that was pulling out of a parking lot and turning onto Lennard Road.<\/p>\n

Police say the preliminary investigation indicates the teen operating the scooter failed to stop or safely maneuver to avoid the crash.<\/p>\n

Police stress young people on e-bikes and scooters need to be extremely careful.<\/p>\n

\"Teen,<\/p>\n

Teen, 8-year-old brother taken to hospital after scooter crash near school in Port St. Lucie. (WPEC)<\/p>\n

“Whether you’re 12 or in your 20s, you have to have those safety precautions in place. These devices can reach speeds nearly as fast as a vehicle, and riders may be on roadways, sidewalks or even off-road. That’s why they pose a safety concern for residents and drivers,” said Brittany McNally, Port St. Lucie Police spokesperson.<\/p>\n

Both boys were taken to a local hospital for evaluation. Police say the 8-year-old suffered cuts and scrapes to his leg, while the 15-year-old complained of leg pain.<\/p>\n

The driver of the SUV and a juvenile passenger were not hurt.<\/p>\n

The crash happened near Village Green Environmental Studies School and the 8-year-old is a student there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 School is out for the summer, and that means more kids may…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-294984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}