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Teen dead after electric scooter, pickup truck collide in Orlando, FHP says
Florida Highway Patrol said the 13-year-old rider died days after the crash, which remains under traffic homicide investigation.
- A 13-year-old boy, identified by the Florida Highway Patrol as Colton Remsburg, died Wednesday night after a collision with a pickup truck on Sunday near Moss Park Road and Savannah Pines Drive in Orlando.
- Remsburg was reportedly heading to buy flowers for his mother for Mother's Day when struck by the pickup truck; the 35-year-old driver remained at the scene and will likely not face charges, troopers said.
- The impact split the scooter into two pieces, and family friend Tyler Embry noted Remsburg was not wearing a helmet, saying, "It's just that he hit his head so hard on the ground."
- Lake Nona Youth Sports President Jason Kleiner expressed community sadness, while Orange County School Board member Maria Salamanca requested a town hall meeting with Orlando Commissioner Tom Keen to address e-scooter safety.
- A moment of silence for Remsburg is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday at Heroes Community Park, as the Florida Highway Patrol has assigned the case to traffic homicide investigators as a delayed fatality.
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Florida teen dies in electric scooter crash on the way to buy Mother’s Day flowers
A 13-year-old was killed after being hit by a pickup truck while on an electric scooter in Orlando, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
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