Two boys aged 16 and 17 have been critically injured after the e-scooter they were riding collided with a car in Geel, in Antwerp Province. A witness and a road traffic accident expert appointed by the prosecutor’s office say that the two boys ignored a red traffic light before they were hit by a car.
The accident happened at the crossroads of the Grote Steenweg and the Zammelseweg late on Thursday evening.
Kristof Aerts of the Antwerp prosecutor’s office told VRT News that "Yesterday evening at 11:35 pm there was a collision between a car an e-scooter that was being ridden by two youths”. The youths were travelling along the Zammelseweg towards Westerlo. The car was travelling along the Grote Steenweg.
"According to a witness the e-scooter rider drove through a red light and this is also the conclusion reached by the road traffic expert”.
Local youths
The boys that were riding the e-scooter are both from the local area. They are aged 16 and 17.
"They were both taken with life-threatening injuries to hospital in Geel. This morning their condition remains critical”, Kristof Aerts told the VRT.