Police: Man in critical condition after crashing scooter into parked car in Salt Lake City


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SALT LAKE CITY — A man is in critical condition after he crashed his scooter into a parked car and suffered head trauma, police said.

The man, in his mid-60s, was riding a privately owned, electric scooter about 1:30 p.m. Saturday when he crashed into a parked car near the intersection of 400 South and 300 West, Salt Lake police Lt. Jenn Diederich said. He had been traveling north on 300 West, she said.

A bystander performed CPR on the man before he was taken to a hospital in critical condition, Diederich said. He was in surgery as of 4:45 p.m., she added.

Diederich was not sure how fast the man was going when he crashed.

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