Man on electric scooter dies after crashing into open car door
Published: Apr. 23, 2024 at 11:53 AM CDT
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) – A man attending an event in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, died after crashing an electric scooter into an open car door Thursday, according to police.
A spokesperson for the Pigeon Forge Police Department said the passenger of a stopped truck opened the truck’s door.
That’s when authorities said 31-year-old Jeremy Hanes Jr., of Charlestown, Indiana, was riding a scooter between the white line and the sidewalk when it hit the truck’s door.
Hanes was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center where he died Friday afternoon.
The investigation is ongoing.
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