DES MOINES, Iowa- Between 2017 and 2022, the U.S. government reported an estimated 360,800 emergency room visits related to micro-mobility devices like E-Scooters and E-Bikes. Now, hospitals closer to home are seeing a similar spike- and fast.

Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, which includes a Level 1 Adult Trauma Center and the Blank Children's Hospital, reported an increase of more than 1,000 percent in such cases since 2022.

It did not take long for WHO 13 to find two individuals in the Metro who have lived through the life-altering consequences of an E-Scooter crash.

Life-Changing Incident

In 2022, Jordan Dean’s life changed forever during a night out with his twin brother in Cedar Rapids.

“Suddenly the wheel locked and it flipped me over, and I hit my head, face-plante

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