{"id":167344,"date":"2026-08-21T03:25:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T06:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/child-e-bike-injuries-have-skyrocketed-across-mass-er-doctors-warn\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T03:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T06:25:44","slug":"child-e-bike-injuries-have-skyrocketed-across-mass-er-doctors-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/child-e-bike-injuries-have-skyrocketed-across-mass-er-doctors-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Child e-bike injuries have skyrocketed across Mass., ER doctors warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">Bode Rogers had just learned to ride his bicycle without training wheels.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inset-align Keyfigures_keyfigures__iJ5gK\">\n<p>Traducido en espa\u00f1ol por <a href=\"https:\/\/elplaneta.com\/2026\/08\/19\/locales\/lesiones-infantiles-por-bicicletas-electricas-se-disparan-en-massachusetts-medicos-de-urgencias-alertan\/\">El Planeta, Boston&#8217;s Latino daily.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"\">On a hot June afternoon in Hingham, the 5-year-old boy pedaled down the driveway and turned onto the sidewalk. His mother, Meaghan Rogers, heard the collision from the garage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-medium\">&#8220;It sounded like a car crash,\u201d said Rogers. \u201cThat&#8217;s how hard the impact was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A teenager on an electric-powered bike had collided with Bode. Rogers ran outside and found her son pinned under the heavy e-bike. She called 911.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-medium\">\u201cRight away, we knew he was hurt. He couldn\u2019t feel his arm,\u201d Rogers said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Bode\u2019s helmet had cracked and his arm had shattered, requiring several surgeries and a five-inch pin. Another operation is scheduled next month.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article-fig size-breakout\"><picture><\/picture><figcaption class=\"article-fig-caption\">Meaghan Rogers and her son, Bode, on the beach at Iron Horse Park in Hingham, Mass. (Robin Lubbock\/WBUR)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">Bode&#8217;s injury is part of a dramatic spike in children hurt in e-bike and electric scooter crashes across Massachusetts this summer. Doctors say the injuries are often far more severe than pedal bike crashes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-medium\">\u201cWe&#8217;ve seen so many catastrophic TBIs \u2014 traumatic brain injuries \u2014 in children who are riding or being hit by these things, or being hit by a car because they&#8217;re riding in high-speed traffic and they don&#8217;t know the rules of the road,\u201d said Dr. Cornelia Griggs, a pediatric surgeon at Mass General Brigham for Children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">As e-bike injuries mount, emergency department doctors, police and town officials are pushing for tougher rules and clearer guidelines from the state on age requirements and speed limits.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article-fig size-breakout\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-breakout article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0810_rogers-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0810_rogers-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0810_rogers-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0810_rogers-1-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0810_rogers-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0810_rogers-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0810_rogers-1-2560x1707.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0810_rogers-1.jpg 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1120px) 1100px, 100vw\" alt=\"Meaghan Rogers and her son Bode, on North Street in Hingham, Mass. (Robin Lubbock\/WBUR)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"article-fig-caption\">Meaghan Rogers and her son, Bode, on North Street in Hingham, Mass. (Robin Lubbock\/WBUR)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">Rogers said Bode will recover. But she said something needs to change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-medium\">\u201cThe kids riding them are younger than the age of having a [driver\u2019s] license, so they haven&#8217;t learned all of the road regulations and safety,\u201d she said. \u201cWe shouldn&#8217;t wait until something really bad happens to do something.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"enhanced\"\/><span><\/p>\n<h3>ERs sound alarm over kids hurt by e-bikes<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Physicians at some of the state\u2019s largest pediatric trauma centers told WBUR they\u2019re alarmed by the sharp increase in serious injuries from electric bikes and scooters.\u00a0<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Dr. Errol Mortimer, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, estimated &#8220;close to a tenfold increase\u201d in ER visits for children hurt by e-bikes over last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In Springfield, Baystate Health pediatric emergency physician Dr. Kala Frye Bourque said &#8220;a good 90% of the trauma pages just in the last week have been e-bikes or e-scooter accidents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">And in Boston, Griggs at Mass General said \u201cevery single time I am on call, there is a trauma activation for a child injured on or by an e-bike.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article-fig size-breakout\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-breakout article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries05.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries05-400x253.jpg 400w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries05-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries05-1000x632.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries05-1536x970.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries05-2048x1294.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries05-2560x1617.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries05.jpg 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1120px) 1100px, 100vw\" alt=\"A young teen drags his foot across the road as he rides an e-bike while moving in traffic on Cross Street in Somerville. (Jesse Costa\/WBUR)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1294\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"article-fig-caption\">A young teen drags his foot across the road as he rides an e-bike while moving in traffic on Cross Street in Somerville. (Jesse Costa\/WBUR)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">Griggs said electric bikes weigh roughly twice what pedal bikes do and go about twice as fast. Regular bike helmets are rated to protect a rider at about 14 to 20 miles per hour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-medium\">&#8220;A lot of these e-bikes can go 30 miles an hour with a flick of a wrist,\u201d she said. &#8220;When they&#8217;re just wearing a bike helmet, they can still get a severe brain injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In July, she posted a viral video on TikTok in blue scrubs alerting the public about the injuries that ER doctors and nurses are seeing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She wants people buying machines for kids to know about the risks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-medium\">&#8220;What we hear over and over again in the trauma bay is parents and grandparents who say, &#8216;I had no idea,&#8217; &#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"enhanced\"\/><span><\/p>\n<h3>Altered e-bikes vex police<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">As e-bikes and scooters rise in popularity, law enforcement officials said they&#8217;re also struggling to keep up with the safety problems that come with them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Milford Police Chief Robert Tusino said his department in central Mass. has seen a spike in crashes, near-misses and 911 calls reporting e-bikers weaving through traffic or riding on sidewalks, which isn\u2019t allowed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-medium\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not the cycling community that is abusing e-bikes,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s this young, juvenile group that knows there&#8217;s really not much the police can do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article-fig size-breakout\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-breakout article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries02.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries02-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries02-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries02-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries02-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries02-2560x1708.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries02.jpg 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1120px) 1100px, 100vw\" alt=\"A young man rides an e-scooter on the sidewalk between pedestrians along the wall of Harvard Yard in Harvard Square. (Jesse Costa\/WBUR)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"article-fig-caption\">A young man rides an e-scooter on the sidewalk between pedestrians along the wall of Harvard Yard in Harvard Square. (Jesse Costa\/WBUR)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">Tusino said his officers can\u2019t chase e-bikes because it might lead to even more crashes. He\u2019s also found kids are tampering with the bikes\u2019 factory settings to ride faster than they\u2019re supposed to go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-medium\">&#8220;Every one of these e-bikes that we have interaction with are usually modified,\u201d Tusino said, \u201cso they go in excess of 40 miles an hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">As e-bike crashes and complaints pile up, Milford and nearly a dozen other local police departments have issued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/longmeadowpolice\/photos\/-hey-parents-we-need-your-helpthe-lpd-has-seen-a-sharp-increase-in-complaints-re\/1343462964633228\/\">public<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DuxburyPolice\/posts\/with-an-increase-in-e-bikes-throughout-town-as-a-reminder-please-follow-all-safe\/1391577209670249\/\">safety<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoldenMAPD\/posts\/the-holden-police-department-has-encountered-many-cases-of-both-youths-and-adult\/1278044797871669\/\">warnings<\/a> about teenagers on e-bikes.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"enhanced\"\/><span><\/p>\n<h3>E-bike rules are uneven, outdated<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Public safety experts said a key problem is that the rapidly evolving technology for e-bikes has outpaced regulations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A Massachusetts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/doc\/special-commission-on-micromobility-report-january-2026\/download\">statewide commission study<\/a> released in January found a patchwork of local ordinances that vary town by town for e-bikes and motorized devices. That\u2019s left riders, police and local officials without clear guidance on who can legally operate the devices and where.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Some communities that tried to overhaul their e-bike regulations faced pushback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In Plymouth, Select Board Chair Deb Iaquinto drafted a bylaw after two serious crashes involving teenagers. The proposal included helmet requirements, age restrictions and fines for reckless riding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The December 2025 hearing drew a packed crowd of roughly 100 people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-medium\">&#8220;Most of them, surprisingly, were against the regulations,&#8221; Iaquinto said, &#8220;because they felt that it unduly penalized people that were using the e-bikes as they were meant to be used.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The board voted it down 3-2. Iaquinto said a local bylaw wouldn&#8217;t have been enough to prevent problems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-medium\">&#8220;The rules change as soon as you cross a town border,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I do think the best solution will be for the state to come up with some standards that we can all adopt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article-fig size-breakout\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-breakout article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries04.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries04-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries04-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries04-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries04-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries04-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries04-2560x1708.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/media.wbur.org\/wp\/2026\/08\/0804_e-bike-injuries04.jpg 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1120px) 1100px, 100vw\" alt=\"A e-scooter rider approaches a construction site on Cross Street in Somerville. (Jesse Costa\/WBUR)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"article-fig-caption\">A e-scooter rider approaches a construction site on Cross Street in Somerville. (Jesse Costa\/WBUR)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">Lawmakers on Beacon Hill are working to create a statewide safety framework to regulate e-bikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In May, Gov. Maura Healey filed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/news\/governor-healey-files-ride-safe-act-to-strengthen-public-safety-regulate-e-bikes-mopeds-and-scooters\">Ride Safe Act<\/a>, which would classify these machines by top speed rather than device type. Powered devices that exceed 20 miles per hour would be off limits to anyone under 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The bill has support from legislative leaders and its provisions were rolled into a broader economic development package that\u2019s pending in the Statehouse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Meanwhile, crashes keep happening. In June, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/local\/medway-teenager-ebike-crash\/3959463\/?ro&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawTdsblwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAGJyaWQRMUR2ZnFIYVpMdnplaHQ2YjJzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe5baKhKsyuA7xnIIGQJs4TDCJruTr5TslxjAigOeoHcxUHx8IMCpHG6h7fak_aem_b-wDvmuYyY4Od7gDfBTpgA\">14-year-old e-bike rider<\/a> in Medway was airlifted to a trauma center after being struck by a car. Weeks later in Haverhill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcvb.com\/article\/girl-12-killed-haverhill-scooter-bus-crash\/71744397\">a 12-year-old girl<\/a> died when the motorized scooter she was riding collided with a bus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Some physicians like Mortimer at UMass Memorial said they\u2019re worried about what will happen this fall as kids use e-bikes for commuting to school and practices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-medium\">\u201cI&#8217;m concerned that there will be even higher numbers of injuries once kids are back at school,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/noticias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mais Not\u00edcias<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Home Page &#8211; In\u00edcio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/news\/2026\/08\/19\/bikes-injuries-deaths-scooters-massachusetts-pedestrians\">Fonte do Artigo <\/a><br \/>\nSee more: <a href=\"https:\/\/theglobaltrack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Global Track<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corinthiames.com.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corinthia Mes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bode Rogers had just learned to ride his bicycle without training wheels. Traducido en espa\u00f1ol por El Planeta, Boston&#8217;s Latino daily. On a hot June afternoon in Hingham, the 5-year-old boy pedaled down the driveway and turned onto the sidewalk. His mother, Meaghan Rogers, heard the collision from the garage. &#8220;It sounded like a car [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow2JLhCw:productID":"","_gspb_post_css":"","maa_idioma":"","maa_pais":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6166,3011,29177,12060,7562,28573,8856],"class_list":["post-167344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brasil","tag-child","tag-doctors","tag-ebike","tag-injuries","tag-mass","tag-skyrocketed","tag-warn"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Child e-bike injuries have skyrocketed across Mass., ER doctors warn - Ubirat\u00e3 Online Not\u00edcias - A realidade ao seu alcance!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The doctors say electric bike and scooter crashes are often far more severe than those involving pedal bikes: broken bones, head injuries, even deaths. 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