DALLAS (BRAIN) — The Washington Post is reporting that a Dallas man died Sept. 1 due to injuries he sustained after crashing a Lime electric scooter. The Post cites anonymous sources in the Dallas County Medical Examiners office who say 24-year-old Jacoby Stoneking's death is being ruled accidental and due to blunt force injuries. The sources also said Stoneking was not wearing a helmet. It is probably the first death of a rider using an electric share scooter in the U.S.
Stoneking was found unconscious near a broken scooter in the early morning hours of Sept. 1. He had earlier called a friend to say he had crashed his scooter and broken his foot, and asked the friend to send an Uber driver to pick him up. The Uber driver found him.
Uber bought Lime earlier this year. The company has said it is investigating the accident.
