A 13-year-old has been charged under the Motor Vehicle Act with numerous offences after they ran a stop sign on a e-bike and hit a car in the intersection Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers were called to the crash at around 10:25 a.m., Sept. 1, in the intersection of 39 Avenue and 25 Street, according to an RCMP media release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The youth was riding a non-street legal e-bike when they hit the vehicle. The young person wasn\u2019t hurt as the e-bike and car weren\u2019t going very fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe youth may have been uninjured but was not unaffected by this incident,\u201d Vernon RCMP media relations officer Cpl. Tania Finn said in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The e-bike was rendered inoperable in the collision and the vehicle received minor damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The youth was driven home by police who spoke with their parent about the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 13-year-old has been charges with several licensing and driving offences which ill make it tough to get a driver\u2019s licence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RCMP are asking parents and guardians to be aware that not all e-bikes are created equal. There are licence requirements for different wattages, which is essentially the bikes power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMany of the e-bikes youths are currently operating are e-dirt bikes which have the same licencing requirements as a motorcycle,\u201d the release read. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The 13-year-old youth is going to have a tough time getting their driver\u2019s licence when the time comes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":362,"featured_media":7343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"guid":"","source":"","byline":"","published":"","updated":"","_infotelid":"","_prepressid":"","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1285,492,493],"tags":[],"region":[206,207,208,209],"class_list":["post-7342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local","category-topnews","region-kamloops","region-kelowna","region-penticton","region-vernon"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/7342\/vernon-youth-charged-after-running-stop-sign-on-e-bike-and-hitting-car\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Vernon youth charged after running stop sign on e-bike and hitting car","url":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/7342\/vernon-youth-charged-after-running-stop-sign-on-e-bike-and-hitting-car\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/7342\/vernon-youth-charged-after-running-stop-sign-on-e-bike-and-hitting-car\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/inwheels-pexels-f-x-2152154818-32067479.jpeg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/inwheels-pexels-f-x-2152154818-32067479.jpeg"},"articleSection":"Featured","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Howard Alexander"}],"creator":["Howard Alexander"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"iNwheels","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2026-09-02T20:47:41Z","datePublished":"2026-09-02T20:47:41Z","dateModified":"2026-09-02T20:47:43Z"},"rendered":"