ATLANTA — A student riding a scooter on Georgia Tech's campus was injured Tuesday after being hit by a car.
School officials tell 11Alive it happened near the intersection of Tech Parkway and Means Street.
The victim was taken to the Atlanta Medical Center.
Police said the driver failed to yield and hit the scooter. The student sustained minor injuries, according to police.
No other details about the accident were released.
Incidents involving e-scooters continue to draw attention to conversations about safety and regulation.
This accident comes one day after a town hall was held in Atlanta where the dockless devices were discussed. During the meeting many residents said it's not the scooters that are the problem, blaming Atlanta's crowded streets.
Members of the public griped that Atlanta's current roads are not friendly toward any other mode of transportation other than cars.
During the meeting, City Planning Commissioner Tim Keane acknowledged the e-scooters' popularity as a way of getting around, noting that there have been almost 3 million dockless scooter trips logged since February.
He also admitted that Atlanta streets are designed for high-speed cars, and that is a major part of the problem.
"We can change our streets and it will make it safer for everyone, scudding car drivers, if there is better space for others and it will help from a traffic standpoint and a safety standpoint if we change our streets," he said.
For now, there's still a nighttime ban on the use of e-scooters and e-bikes. Earlier this month, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms signed an executive order so that the devices can't be used between 9 p.m. to 4 a.m.
There have been fatal accidents involving e-scooters, which all have occurred in the dark.
The Atlanta City Council also passed legislation to stop new e-scooter permits.
Those who currently have them will continue to operate under their original terms until their permit expires.
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