SYDNEY, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Two teenagers were killed when the e-bike they were riding collided with a motorcycle south of Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland on Thursday night.
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) said on Friday that the motorcycle was overtaking a vehicle in the suburb of Greenbank, 26 km south of central Brisbane, around 9 p.m. on Thursday, when it collided with an e-bike traveling in the opposite direction.
Two teenagers who were riding the e-bike, a boy and a girl, were both declared deceased at the scene.
The male rider of the motorcycle was transported to the hospital in a serious but stable condition.
The QPS said that it is believed that the e-bike did not have headlights on at the time of the collision.
A Queensland parliamentary inquiry into e-mobility safety, conducted earlier in March, recommended banning children younger than 16 from riding e-bikes and e-scooters.
The chair of the inquiry, Jim McDonald, told the state parliament when handing down the report on March 4 that 12 people were killed and more than 6,300 were injured in e-mobility-related incidents in Queensland in 2025.
"Changing rider culture is an important step towards reducing dangerous and anti-social conduct, protecting riders and pedestrians alike," he said. ■