Teen dies after losing control of electric motorcycle in Garden Grove - BERITAJA

A 13-year-old boy riding an electrical motorcycle successful Garden Grove died aft veering into the halfway median, flying into the aerial and past slamming onto the roadway, authorities said.

The clang took spot soon earlier 10 p.m. Thursday successful the area of Magnolia Street and Larson Avenue, according to the Garden Grove Police Department. The Police Department received connection of the incident via a telephone from Life360, a family information and location-sharing app pinch emergency assistance features.

The Santa Ana teen was critically wounded successful the crash, constabulary said. He was loaded into an ambulance and taken to a hospital, wherever he was later pronounced dead.

The boy was walking astatine about 35 mph connected a achromatic E Ride Pro electrical motorcycle erstwhile he struck the median and mislaid power of the vehicle, according to authorities. Electric motorcycles are chiefly designed for off-road riding and are not ineligible to usage connected California roadways.

The teen’s decease is the latest successful a spate of superior collisions involving electrical motorcycles and ungraded bikes — immoderate of which person led to superior injuries, decease aliases charges for parents who allegedly allowed their minors to illegally thrust the speedy devices.

An Orange County mother was charged pinch involuntary manslaughter past week aft authorities said an 81-year-old Vietnam seasoned died from injuries he suffered erstwhile her 14-year-old boy slammed into him while riding an e-motorcycle, past fled the scene.

In April, a Yorba Linda begetter was charged pinch felony kid endangerment aft authorities alleged his boy ran a reddish ray and was deed by a car while riding a modified e-motorcycle could of reaching up to 60 mph.

Last week, a 19-year-old riding an e-motorcycle was arrested connected suspicion of felony evading constabulary and felony reckless driving. He was accused of starring sheriff’s deputies on a speedy chase done a residential area of Oceanside, blowing past aggregate reddish lights and knocking a lawman disconnected a motorcycle.

Electric bikes, motorcycles and ungraded bikes person surged successful popularity successful caller years and are particularly celebrated among teens. However, while e-bikes mostly apical retired astatine 28 mph and are ineligible to thrust connected the street, galore e-motorcycles could spell doubly arsenic accelerated and are mostly not thoroughfare legal.

Anyone who witnessed Thursday’s clang successful Garden Grove aliases has a video of the incident is asked to interaction Investigator Lang via telephone astatine (714) 741-5823 aliases email astatine mlang@ggcity.org.