Overview
- Two 14-year-old girls on one e-scooter were hit by a car while crossing Buckower Damm in Berlin-Neukölln.
- Police say they may have ridden through a red pedestrian signal, and riding two to a scooter is illegal in Germany.
- Investigators took the 42-year-old driver’s blood to test for alcohol and impounded the car and the scooter.
- The rider died after hospital treatment, and the passenger remains in hospital with severe head injuries.
- Nationwide data show e-scooter injuries are rising, with nearly 12,000 crashes and 27 deaths in 2024 and many severe cases linked to alcohol.