Parents charged after 13-year-old dies in e-bike crash

Summarised from Daily Mail's report · Updated 22 Oct, 06:08 · Archive

The parents of a 13-year-old boy who died in a high-speed electric motorcycle crash are facing criminal charges.

Benson Nguyen, 13, from Santa Ana, California, died on 7 May after crashing an E-Ride Pro SS 2.0 electric motorcycle in Garden Grove. According to the Orange County District Attorney's Office, he was travelling at around 35mph when the motorcycle struck a raised central divider on Magnolia Street late in the evening. The impact hurled the teenager from the machine into a concrete light pole. He was rushed to UC Irvine Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The E-Ride Pro SS 2.0 costs more than $4,000 and can reach speeds of 55mph or more. It has no pedal-assist system and is classified as a motorcycle under California law, according to prosecutors. His father, Vu Thanh Nguyen, 56, has been charged with felony child endangerment and a misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. His mother, Hong Cuc Thi Nguyen, 49, faces a misdemeanor charge of child endangerment. Prosecutors allege both parents allowed their son to ride a machine he was legally too young to operate.

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• Parents are charged after son, 13, smashed $4,000 e-bike capable of doing 55mph into pole and killed himselfBenson Nguyen died after slamming into a light. Now his parents will have to pay the price, facing a possible 6 years behind bars as prosecutors accuse his parents of letting him ride underage.Daily Mail · 22 Oct, 01:16

In this story: Benson Nguyen · Vu Thanh Nguyen · Hong Cuc Thi Nguyen · Santa Ana · Garden Grove · UC Irvine Medical Center

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