Head injuries common in e-scooter collisions
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Joann G. Elmore, MD, MPH, and team study e-scooter injuries
UCLA researchers have found that people involved in electric scooter accidents are sometimes injured badly enough — from fractures, dislocated joints and head injuries — to require treatment in an emergency department.