A 53-year-old man who crashed a rented scooter into a tree in downtown San Diego last week has died, becoming the city’s first electronic scooter fatality.
A 53-year-old man who crashed a rented scooter into a tree in downtown San Diego last week has died, becoming the city’s first electronic scooter fatality, police said Monday.
The county’s first scooter death happened in December when Esteban Galindo, 26, was struck from behind by a car in Chula Vista. The driver involved stopped after the 4 a.m. crash. It’s unclear whether drugs or alcohol were factors.
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