Police cruisers and fire trucks lined the roads around Taft and Hessian avenues around 8 p.m. Tuesday after an e-scooter and a vehicle collided, trapping one person beneath the car and sending three people to the hospital in unknown condition.
According to CBS News, the crash occurred in West Deptford, New Jersey, in what the outlet described as a residential area lined with homes. Gloucester County dispatch reported that an e-scooter and a vehicle collided and that one person was trapped under the vehicle, per that same account. The vehicle sustained damage, and the e-scooter was located underneath the car.
The location itself is in dispute. While CBS News placed the collision at Taft and Hessian avenues in West Deptford, NBC10 Philadelphia reported that a serious crash involving an e-scooter at Taft and Hessian Avenue was under investigation in Woodbury, Gloucester County. The two stations also differ on injuries: CBS's dispatch-sourced account says three people were taken to the hospital in unknown condition, while NBC10 Philadelphia reported there was no word yet on injuries or what caused the crash. NBC10 Philadelphia described the scene as an e-scooter laying in the middle of the roadway next to an SUV with front and side damage.
Cause Still Undetermined as Street Reopens
The cause of the crash remains undetermined, according to the CBS News report, a point NBC10 Philadelphia's own reporting echoed when it noted there was no word yet on what caused the collision. Police reopened the street after towing the car and e-scooter, CBS News reported, closing out the immediate scene even as basic questions about how the crash happened remain unanswered.
A Pattern of Serious E-Scooter Crashes in New Jersey
Tuesday's collision isn't an isolated case in the state this year. In June 2026, a 26-year-old woman riding an e-scooter suffered critical injuries when she collided with an SUV on Route 37 in Manchester, according to NJ.com. Police said in that case that the rider was thrown from the scooter and was not wearing a helmet, and she was taken to the hospital in critical but stable condition.
Separately, CBS New York reported on a 23-year-old woman identified as Tram, who said she broke multiple bones in her ankle in an electric-scooter crash in North Bergen and later underwent surgery. That report also noted that emergency room doctors said they were seeing a surge in accidents involving e-bikes and electric scooters.
What the Data Shows About E-Scooter Injuries
A statewide analysis by the New Jersey State Policy Lab at Rutgers examined 2021-2022 hospital records and found 1,166 e-scooter injuries, 655 e-bike injuries, and 11,911 bicycle injuries. The researchers found that 85% of injured e-scooter users were treated and released, compared with 81% of injured e-bike users and 79% of injured bicyclists, leading them to conclude that e-scooter users do not appear to suffer more severe injuries than cyclists or e-bike riders.
That same Rutgers analysis found that motor-vehicle-related terms appeared in 23% of e-scooter injury narratives, though researchers cautioned that this figure was likely an undercount because some hospital records lacked full descriptions of how crashes occurred. It's a detail that adds broader context to Tuesday's collision, even as the specific circumstances in West Deptford remain unresolved.
