SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Two people riding electric bicycles were injured Saturday evening in a crash with a passenger vehicle in South Scranton, according to police.<\/p>\n
The collision happened around 5:29 p.m. June 27 at the intersection of Pittston Avenue and Cherry Street.<\/p>\n
According to the Scranton Police Department, officers found that two e-bike riders had collided with a northbound passenger vehicle. Both riders were injured and transported by Pennsylvania Ambulance to Geisinger Community Medical Center. Police said the occupants of the vehicle were not hurt.<\/p>\n
A preliminary investigation indicates the e-bike riders were traveling west on Cherry Street when they entered the intersection at Pittston Avenue. Witnesses told investigators the riders traveled through a posted stop sign before the crash, police said.<\/p>\n
Both e-bikes were seized as part of the investigation. Detectives are also reviewing video evidence, including footage from a COLTS transit bus that witnessed the collision.<\/p>\n
Police said the investigation remains active, and charges could be filed pending the completion of the investigation and review of all available evidence.<\/p>\n
The department also said it has seen an increase in complaints involving e-bikes throughout Scranton and Lackawanna County. According to police, many incidents involve riders failing to obey traffic control devices, traveling at unsafe speeds or operating recklessly.<\/p>\n
Police reminded riders that e-bikes are motor-assisted vehicles subject to Pennsylvania traffic laws, including stopping at stop signs and traffic signals, yielding the right-of-way when required and operating safely. Parents are also encouraged to familiarize themselves with Pennsylvania’s e-bike laws, including age requirements, classifications and where the vehicles may legally be operated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Two people riding electric bicycles were injured Saturday evening in a crash with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-231854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}