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BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
Teenage moped rider seriously injured in Braunstone crash
A teenager suffered "life-changing" injuries in a crash in Leicester.A car and a moped collided in Gooding Avenue, Braunstone, at about 13:20 BST on Sunday, said Leicestershire force said it was reported to the force that a moped ridden by two people had crashed with a car pulling off a male rider of the moped suffered serious injuries and has been taken to hospital, while the passenger, also a teenage boy, suffered minor injuries. Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance and Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service also attended the added no arrests have been made.
Yahoo
4 days ago
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Moped rider hospitalized after crashing, falling from overpass in Clearwater
CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — A man was rushed to the hospital Friday after Clearwater authorities said he crashed his moped into a wall and was thrown off an overpass. Multiple 911 calls reporting the crash started pouring into dispatch around 6:21 p.m., according to a spokesperson for the City of Clearwater. DUI driver who killed Lake Placid teen drove 5x the legal limit Officials said the moped rider was heading south on U.S. 19, near Seville Boulevard, when he crashed into a retaining wall on the overpass. He was then thrown over the wall and landed on the access road below. First responders rushed the man to Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital as a trauma alert with potential life-threatening injuries. There was no further word on his condition. One southbound lane of U.S. 19 was closed while authorities investigated. One lane of the access road was also shut down. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Independent
4 days ago
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- The Independent
Met warned over failure to train staff after moped driver, 18, died in pursuit
A teenage moped driver's death while being pursued by an unqualified officer showed the Metropolitan Police had failed to train its staff 'effectively', a coroner has warned. Lewis Johnson, 18, died after hitting a traffic light pole while carrying a pillion passenger in Clapton Common, east London, on February 9 2016, as both individuals tried to evade arrest for allegedly committing phone thefts. A Met police vehicle chased Mr Johnson for more than three minutes before the collision occurred, but had been following 'too closely at times' which put him under additional pressure and affected his decision making, a jury at an inquest into his death found. The driver of the vehicle also did not have the qualification required by the force's policy at the time to engage in the pursuit of motorbikes, but the chase still took place because of 'a lack of knowledge' among the driver, vehicle operator and Met control room staff and 'a lack of adequate communication' of the policies. The jury also found that opportunities to reduce the risk to Mr Johnson and the public by the driver in the pursuit were missed. Mary Hassell, senior coroner for Inner North London, echoed the jury's conclusion that there was a failure by the Met 'to implement, disseminate and train relevant staff on relevant policies effectively' and warned action should be taken to prevent future deaths. She said: 'It seemed to me from the evidence in court that there was not a consistent expectation among police officers of how long it generally takes a police controller to make a decision on authorisation of a pursuit. 'Whilst I do not suggest there should be a time limit on this, it would seem helpful if the expectation of the timing of police control decision-making were to be roughly aligned between those making the decisions (in the police control room) and those waiting for the decisions (in police cars involved in the pursuits).' Mr Johnson's medical cause of death was given as blunt abdominal trauma with an aortic rupture. Copies of the coroner's prevention of future deaths report were sent to the Met Commissioner, Mr Johnson's mother, the Independent Office for Police Conduct director general and the chief coroner of England and Wales. Pc Paul Summerson was found not guilty of causing Mr Johnson's death by dangerous driving in October 2021 following a trial at Kingston Crown Court. He was also cleared of causing serious injury by dangerous driving his passenger, Louis Kyriacou.
BBC News
4 days ago
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- BBC News
Lewis Johnson: Coroner warns Met over teen killed in police chase
A teenage moped rider's death while being pursued by a Met Police officer showed the force had failed to train its staff "effectively", a coroner has Johnson, 18, died after hitting a traffic light pole while carrying a pillion passenger in Clapton Common, east London, in February 2016 as the pair tried to evade arrest for suspected phone officer chased the moped for more than three minutes before the crash and followed him "too closely at times", which put him under extra pressure and affected his decision making, an inquest jury coroner Mary Hassell said it showed the Met had failed "to implement, disseminate and train relevant staff... effectively". The inquest heard the driver of the police vehicle did not have the qualification required under the force's rules at the time to pursue the chase still took place because of "a lack of knowledge" among the driver, vehicle operator and Met control room staff, and "a lack of adequate communication" of the jury also found that opportunities to reduce the risk to Mr Johnson and the public by the driver in the pursuit were missed. Ms Hassell, senior coroner for Inner North London, echoed the jury's conclusion that the Met had failed "to implement, disseminate and train relevant staff on relevant policies effectively" and she warned action should be taken to prevent future said: "It seemed to me from the evidence in court that there was not a consistent expectation among police officers of how long it generally takes a police controller to make a decision on authorisation of a pursuit."Whilst I do not suggest there should be a time limit on this, it would seem helpful if the expectation of the timing of police control decision-making were to be roughly aligned between those making the decisions (in the police control room) and those waiting for the decisions (in police cars involved in the pursuits)."Mr Johnson's medical cause of death was given as blunt abdominal trauma with an aortic of the coroner's prevention of future deaths report were sent to the Met Police commissioner, Mr Johnson's mother, the director general of the police watchdog - the Independent Office for Police Conduct - and the chief coroner of England and Paul Summerson was found not guilty of causing Mr Johnson's death by dangerous driving in October 2021 following a trial at Kingston Crown was also cleared of causing serious injury by dangerous driving his passenger, Louis Met has been approached for comment.
Japan Times
20-05-2025
- Japan Times
Kanagawa man arrested for selling mopeds as battery bicycles in Tokyo
The Kanagawa Prefectural Police arrested a man Tuesday for allegedly selling mopeds by falsely labeling them as battery-assisted bicycles, which do not require license plates, investigative sources said. The prefectural police department arrested Masaki Natori, 45, president of an auto accessory sales company in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward, on suspicion of violating the unfair competition prevention law. The company imported at least three types of mopeds with pedals. Since around 2021, it has sold them online for prices ranging from some ¥300,000 to over ¥800,000. According to the sources, Natori is suspected of selling a total of some 1,000 mopeds between March 2022 and May this year by falsely labeling them as battery-assisted bicycles. In June last year, a man riding a moped sold by the company caused an accident in the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa, leaving an elderly woman seriously injured. The mislabeling came to light since the driver was unaware that the product was a moped. In February this year, the police raided the company's head office and its 11 branches in nine prefectures.
