Overview
- The collision happened around midnight on Friday, June 12, on via dell'Innovazione when a car struck an electric scooter carrying two young men.
- The 19-year-old scooter passenger was taken to Niguarda hospital and died from his injuries while the scooter driver, 20, and the car driver, 21, were treated for minor injuries and are not in life-threatening condition.
- Agents of the Polizia Locale carried out on-scene checks and are actively reconstructing the dynamics of the accident; officials have not yet released findings on cause or fault.
- Coverage notes the scooter was carrying two people in a busy university-adjacent area and highlights recent rules that now require helmets, ban carrying passengers, mandate registration plates, and will require insurance from mid-July.
- The crash underscores safety risks for micromobility users on mixed-traffic streets and could increase pressure for stricter enforcement and road design changes in high-footfall suburban areas like Bicocca.