Coroner identifies 16-year-old boy killed in e-scooter, truck crash
The Ada County Coroner’s Office has identified the 16-year-old boy who was killed in a crash involving an e-scooter and a pickup truck on Sunday night at the intersection of 15th and Main streets in Downtown Boise.
Kyler B. Davis, of Boise, died of blunt force head injuries sustained in the crash, the coroner said. He was pronounced dead at 8:36 p.m. at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise.
The Boise Police Department said Monday that early evidence indicates a pickup truck was driving northbound on 15th Street, when it hit the electric scooter. Davis was one of two people aboard the scooter, which was traveling eastbound on the south side of Main Street, police said.
According to the coroner’s news release, Davis was the passenger on the e-scooter. Neither the other person on scooter nor the driver of the pickup have been identified.
Police said the other individual on the scooter was also a 16-year-old boy who sustained non-life threatening injuries.
“The driver of the pickup truck remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation,” BPD said.
The Boise Police Department said the crash happened shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday.
Davis was riding on a Lime scooter, a spokesman for the company told the Statesman. The company said it is participating with Boise police in the investigation, which is ongoing.
“This is an absolute tragedy and our hearts go out to the rider’s family and friends during this extremely difficult time,” a Lime spokesman wrote in a statement shared with the Statesman. “We are in contact with the Boise authorities and stand ready to support however we can.”
Lime, Bird and Spin operate e-scooters in Boise. All three companies require users to sign their terms and conditions, certifying that they are 18 or older, and will ride one person per scooter.
In some markets, scooter companies require users to scan a drivers license before they can ride a scooter. A spokesman for Lime told the Statesman on Monday that it was too early for the company to decide whether to roll out a similar feature in Boise.
Statesman reporter Kate Talerico contributed.
This story was originally published October 27, 2019 at 10:09 PM.
