Teenage e-scooter driver in critical condition after crash
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An electric scooter rider in their late teens suffered life-threatening injuries when they were hit by an SUV in southwest Winnipeg on Monday night.
Police said the collision happened at Waverley Street at Lake Crest Road at about 9:30 p.m.
The e-scooter rider was crossing Waverley when they were hit by a southbound 2010 Honda CR-V driven by a person who was also in their late teens.
The injured youth was in critical condition after the collision. They remained in hospital Wednesday. The driver remained on scene and was interviewed by investigators, police said.
The Winnipeg Police Service’s traffic division is investigating.
Anyone with information or video from a dashboard camera or a cellphone around the time of the incident is asked to call police at 204-986-7085 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477 (TIPS).
Concerns about e-scooter use have escalated while national figures show hospitalizations involving riders are increasing alongside usage of the vehicles.
In July, a longtime Winnipeg Blue Bombers volunteer was rushed to hospital after being hit by an e-scooter while directing football fans after a game. He faces months of recovery.
The Manitoba government passed legislation June 1 that would impose bans on operating personal electric vehicles on sidewalks, require drivers to be 16 or older and wear a helmet, and restrict speed to a maximum of 25 km/h. The rules are not yet in place.
Manitoba’s new health curriculum in schools, currently being piloted before a provincewide rollout, will include lessons about dangers associated with electric scooters and electric bikes.
Nationally, the number of hospitalizations for children and adults riding e-scooters increased by almost 40 per cent between April 2025 and March 2026, the Canadian Institute for Health Information reported.
The organization said 837 hospitalizations were reported, up from 601 during the previous 12-month period.
Hospitalizations involving children aged 15 and under almost tripled, rising from 54 to 150 year-over-year.
chris.kitching@freepress.mb.ca
As a general assignment reporter, Chris covers a little bit of everything for the Free Press.
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