{"id":419127,"date":"2026-08-28T10:18:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T10:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/419127\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T10:18:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T10:18:40","slug":"14-year-old-riding-e-scooter-hit-by-vehicle-in-klein-hospitalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/419127\/","title":{"rendered":"14-year-old riding e-scooter hit by vehicle in Klein, hospitalized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787912318_856_default-image.png\" alt=\"Livestream\" class=\"livestream-poster-image\" data-v-0c9d18f6=\"\"\/>       <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; A teen was hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle while riding an electric scooter in Klein on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>   Teen injured on electric scooter <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Harris County Constable Mark Herman&#8217;s Office says constable deputies were called to a crash on Theiss Mail Route Road near Theisswood Road.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/scooter-crash.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Courtesy of Harris County Precinct 4 Constable&#8217;s Office <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to officials, a 14-year-old was riding an electric scooter when they were hit by a vehicle. The teen was taken by EMS to a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The driver stayed at the scene.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Authorities say the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The circumstances behind the crash are unknown.<\/p>\n<p> Electric scooter crashes <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">This is the second crash in less than two weeks involving a child on an electric scooter.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">On Aug. 18, a 10-year-old girl was taken to the hospital after being hit while riding an electric scooter. Preliminary investigation indicated the 10-year-old girl riding an electric scooter entered the intersection after failing to stop at a stop sign and was struck by a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Earlier this month, Harris County medical experts and first responders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/news\/harris-county-e-bike-scooter-safety-rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">warned parents<\/a> about a sharp increase in injuries involving e-bikes, e-scooters and electric motorcycles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Harris County Constable Precinct 4 Mark Herman&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/harris-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harris County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; A teen was hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle while riding an electric scooter in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[405,56,58,57,223,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-419127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-harris-county","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}