{"id":434563,"date":"2026-09-13T08:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434563\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:06:10","slug":"lago-vista-teen-dies-following-e-moto-crash-police-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434563\/","title":{"rendered":"Lago Vista teen dies following e-moto crash, police says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2014\u00a0A 14-year-old boy has died following an e-moto crash Friday, the Lago Vista Police Department said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lagovistapd\/posts\/pfbid02BGbMMCEZvTAkfzW3MgH1tfPaRY6XpdVS4maNhzkkkRftrVwoNnCXey5PQ1wY5SZXl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">social media post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The crash happened near Outpost Trace and Thunderbird Street. Lago Vista Police said the boy was riding an e-moto with friends, while not wearing a safety helmet, when he lost control and crashed.<\/p>\n<p>No other vehicles were involved in the accident. The post said e-bike and e-moto safety has been an ongoing concern for Lago Vista police.<\/p>\n<p>APD cracking down <\/p>\n<p>Austin Police are tightening enforcement and education when it comes to high-powered electric vehicles, specifically electric motorcycles.<\/p>\n<p>Known as \u201ce-motos,\u201d the vehicles are often indistinguishable from e-bikes.<\/p>\n<p>According to APD, an e-moto refers to any self-propelled device that is not classified as a moped, lacks operable pedals, has a 750-watt or higher motor, or can exceed 28 miles per hour.<\/p>\n<p>E-bikes, on the other hand, have fully operable pedals, a motor less than 750 watts, and can only reach a peak of 28 mph.<\/p>\n<p>After a review of state law and city code, Austin Police, Austin Transportation and Public Works, and the city attorney\u2019s office found that e-motos are properly classified by the state as motor vehicles, officials said in an August\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/austintexas.legistar.com\/View.ashx?M=F&amp;ID=15815186&amp;GUID=59D824A3-B9DB-4A69-A91A-719FFE68F578\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">memo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That means riders must have a vehicle registration, insurance and an appropriate driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2014\u00a0A 14-year-old boy has died following an e-moto crash Friday, the Lago Vista Police Department said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-434563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434563","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=434563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}