BATON ROUGE — The increased popularity of electric bikes and scooters is raising concerns from doctors.

The American College of Surgeons says injuries are surging, particularly among children and teens.

It's a popular way to get around; electric scooters and bikes can get you where you're going fast, but doctors warn that the rising number of them on the road is causing another kind of surge.

We get our trauma alerts, uh, a lot of times I'm thinking, OK, is it another e-bike or e-scooter injury, cause they've become more and more common," Pediatric Trauma Surgeon Dr. Marc Levy said.

Dr. Marc Levy says his hospital alone has seen a 250% increase in emergency room visits from e-bike and e-scooter accidents, but the American College of Surgeons says it's a problem nationwide, with more th

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