Early Saturday evening, around 7 p.m., a 54-year-old man was seriously injured after a scooter accident, rue Croix-Barret in Lyon.
According to information from Le
Progrès
, he was taken care of by the emergency services and rushed to the Edouard-Herriot hospital, with a vital prognosis.
According to the first elements of the investigation, reported by the local media, the fifty-something would have lost control of the scooter alone, without other road users being involved.
At the end of 2022, the Academy of Medicine described the accidentology linked to these transport devices as a "major health problem".
In its report, it pointed to an increase of nearly 180% in the number of injuries related to scooters, between 2019 and 2022.
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