One teenager died and another was critically injured when their motorized scooter was hit Tuesday morning by a pickup truck at a St. Paul intersection, officials said.
The collision occurred about 8:50 a.m. at Ohio and George streets on the city’s West Side, police said.
Officers provided first aid and called for fire medics, who took both boys to Regions Hospital, according to police.
The 14-year-old boy, identified Wednesday as Kevin Reitmeier, 14, of St. Paul, was operating the gasoline-powered scooter and declared dead at the hospital, while the 13-year-old boy riding with him was being treated for life-threatening injuries, police said. He was in critical but stable condition Wednesday, according to police.
“Preliminary information indicates that the juveniles ran a stop sign before the crash,” a statement from police read.
Police spokeswoman Alyssa Arcand added that “the boys were riding in the street” when the crash occurred. Preliminary information also “indicates no helmets were worn” by the teenagers, she said.
The pickup driver has been cooperating with police and showed no signs of impairment from drugs or alcohol, police added.
