Overview

• Emergency crews treated the boy for a traumatic head injury at a park on Broe Avenue before he later died at Sydney Children’s Hospital.
• New South Wales Police confirmed a video shows the rider performing a wheelie while wearing no helmet as another person filmed the incident.
• Investigators have preserved the scene to review evidence and determine how the fall occurred.
• A coroner’s report will be prepared and the victim remains formally unidentified pending next of kin notification.
• The latest tragedy underscores safety gaps in youth use of e-bikes and e-scooters and intensifies calls for stricter helmet laws and enforcement.