Boom in electric scooters leads to more injuries, fatalities
June 7, 2019
Andrew Hardy was crossing the street on an electric scooter in downtown Los Angeles when a car struck him at 50 miles per hour and flung him 15 feet in the air before he smacked his head on the pavement and fell unconscious.
The 26-year-old snapped two bones in each leg, broke a thighbone, shattered a kneecap, punctured a lung and fractured three vertebrae in his neck, in addition to sustaining a head injury.
"My brother thought I was dead," said Hardy, who wasn't wearing a helmet.
Doctors told Hardy he'd likely be paralyzed for life. Five months later, he has learned to walk again. But he...
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