Electric Scooter Slams Into SUV Kingston, New York

An Ulster County man was left with a head injury after the electric scooter he was riding broadsiding an SUV at a busy Kingston, NY intersection on Monday.

Electric scooters have become a common thing to see zipping up and down many streets across the Hudson Valley over the last few years and as more and more people choose the smaller, cheaper form of transportation the number of accidents similar to what happened in Kingston recently has skyrocketed.

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Electric Scooter Accident in Kingston, New York

According to police, on Monday, October 21st at approximately 11:40 a.m. officers were dispatched to a reported scooter into a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Broadway and Foxhall Avenue in Kingston police said Tuesday.

As police arrived on the scene to investigate they determined that 39-year-old Megan Alexandre, 39 of Saugerties, NY was attempting to drive her white 2018 Lincoln MKT into a parking lot at 365 Broadway when it was struck by a scooter according to the Daily Freeman.

Scooters Zipping Up & Down Kingston Streets

Kingston Police Lt. Patrick Buono told the Freeman that their investigation revealed that Hamel, along with another driver were both riding scooters up Broadway past a Burger King when a car stopped in front of them leading both scooters to cross over the double yellow line in an attempt to pass the stopped vehicle.

It's unclear if Hamel was wearing a helmet or if the scooter was a registered vehicle or not but police did say that the SUV driver (Alexandre) was not at fault. They also said that this is an active investigation and future arrests could happen.

Hamel was taken to nearby HealthAlliance Hospital emergency department to receive treatment for his injuries. When more information becomes available we will update this article.