Overview

• An e-bike struck a pedestrian at Dartmouth Street and Huntington Avenue in Back Bay around 11:19 a.m. on August 6 and a scooter hit another pedestrian near Humboldt Avenue and Seaver Street in Roxbury at about 1:13 p.m.
• Both victims were taken to hospitals with life-threatening injuries and remain under medical care.
• Operators of the e-mobility devices stayed at the scenes, cooperated with investigators, and no arrests have been made.
• Boston police homicide detectives have taped off the crash sites, temporarily closed intersections and launched active inquiries into each collision.
• The back-to-back incidents have reignited concerns over e-scooter and e-bike speed limits, rider training, device regulations and urban street design.