Overview
- A collision between an electric scooter and a car on Monterey Road in Morgan Hill, reported at 8:03 p.m. Sunday, left the rider dead at the scene.
- Investigators are reviewing whether drugs or alcohol played a role, and they have not released the rider’s identity.
- Morgan Hill police asked anyone with information to contact Detective Sgt. Sean Bayard at 408-607-3032 or sean.bayard@morganhill.ca.gov.
- San Francisco police have stepped up patrols on streets with the most severe crashes and are conducting high‑visibility traffic stops, according to a department spokesman.
- A UC San Francisco study found e‑scooter injuries grew about 45% per year from 2017 to 2022, while e‑bike injuries roughly doubled each year.