A road accident in the Kazakh capital left a minor injured while riding an electric scooter, reports infohub.kz.
The incident occurred the day before, on August 13. According to eyewitness accounts published on the Telegram channel HALYQSTAN, three teenagers were riding scooters along a lane reserved for public transport, directly against the flow of traffic. When a bus began pulling into a stop, two of the youths managed to squeeze between it and the curb, but the third failed to maneuver and ended up under the vehicle's wheels. As a result of the collision, the scooter was trapped under the bus, and the bus's windshield was shattered.
The press service of the Astana Police Department confirmed the accident and clarified the circumstances. The driver of a Yutong shuttle bus, traveling along Turken Street, hit a teenager on a scooter who was moving in the opposite direction in the public transport lane while pulling into a bus stop.
The injured teen was taken to a medical facility, where after examination by doctors, he was released for outpatient treatment. Police are currently conducting an investigation into the incident.