OOF: Electric scooter injuries have nearly tripled over four years as they've grown in popularity, per new research reported by the Associated Press.
Researchers
at the University of California, San Francisco, studied government data
on nonfatal injuries treated in emergency rooms. "Nearly 40,000 broken
bones, head injuries, cuts and bruises resulting from scooter accidents
were treated in U.S. emergency rooms from 2014 through 2018," the AP
writes. "The scooter injury rate among the general U.S. population
climbed from 6 per 100,000 to 19 per 100,000. Most occurred in riders
aged 18 to 34, and most injured riders weren't hospitalized."
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