Scooter rider suffers life-threatening injuries in east Raleigh crash
A scooter rider was left with life-threatening injuries near New Bern Avenue and Columbia River Lane, on a corridor built for fast traffic and transit.
Raleigh police are investigating a crash near New Bern Avenue and Columbia River Lane that left a scooter rider with life-threatening injuries Friday morning. The wreck happened on one of east Raleigh’s busiest corridors, where commuters, neighborhood traffic and riders on smaller vehicles move alongside one another.
Police responded around 7:22 a.m. after a report of a crash with injuries. The scooter rider was struck by a vehicle and taken to the hospital. A later account placed the collision near New Bern Avenue and Old Milburnie Road just after 8 a.m.; in that version, the driver was not injured, remained at the scene and showed no signs of impairment. Investigators have not identified what caused the crash, whether speed or distraction played a role, or whether any charges are expected.
New Bern Avenue is one of the city’s gateway corridors and a major regional connector, linking downtown Raleigh to eastern Wake County and the I-440/US 64 bypass area. The corridor serves multiple neighborhoods and mixes commercial, institutional and residential trips.
The city also has a major transit buildout underway on the same corridor. The first phase of the New Bern Avenue BRT project is under construction and is designed to create fast, safe and reliable transit between downtown Raleigh, WakeMed and New Hope Road.
Raleigh’s Vision Zero program sets a goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2040. City data show 50,000 total crashes in Raleigh in 2022 and 59 traffic fatalities that year. The city also operates an e-scooter program with Lime and Spin.
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