Pregnant, drunk, ICU: Scooter injury report

The new electric scooter craze has officially taken hold of Columbus but it turns out not even Birds can outfly injuries.

The Dispatch reports 12 scooter-related injuries have been recorded in the two weeks beginning August 28, most of them happening in the downtown area.

About a third were found to be intoxicated.

Those injuries included an eight-months pregnant woman falling on her belly and wrist, a broken collarbone, some fractured ribs and a trip to the intensive care unit for bleeding in the skull.

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Sources from The Dispatch say the number of scooter injuries in those two weeks is comparable to the number of bicycle and pedestrian injuries seen in a month’s time.

They add that when wearing a helmet, an electric scooter is likely no more dangerous than a bike.

Lime was giving away helmets Downtown on Friday, reports The Dispatch.

Columbus issued new scooter regulations last week including placing a ban on riding on the sidewalks.

If passed, new City Council legislation would make riding scooters on the sidewalk a minor misdemeanor.

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