15-year-old dies after e-bike, van crash in Bend

Published 1:42 pm Sunday, June 18, 2023

A 15-year-old child died after being hit by a minivan while riding an e-bike on U.S. Highway 20 in Bend on Saturday.

The teen, who was not wearing a helmet, was riding an e-bike with a passenger on the back. They were traveling westbound on the sidewalk on the eastbound side of Highway 20 around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, according to Bend Police.

A blue Dodge Caravan was turning right from Dean Swift Road onto Highway 20 and struck the e-bike in the intersection, according to police.

Bend Fire & Rescue medics transported the 15-year-old from the scene with life-threatening injuries, but the teen later died.

The driver of the Caravan remained at the scene and was not cited or charged in the incident Saturday, according to police.

Bend Police’s crash reconstruction team was called to the scene to conduct an investigation, according to a release form Bend Police. The eastbound lanes of NE Highway 20 were closed from 15th Street for about a half hour.

The minimum age for e-bike riders under Oregon law is 16.

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