MORNINGTON PENINSULA: E-bike death at Hastings
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a fatal collision in Hastings.
Emergency services were called to reports a pedestrian had been struck by an allegedly modified electric bike on Frankston-Flinders Rd about 6.40pm on May 12.
The pedestrian, a 69-year-old Hastings man, was flown to hospital with life-threatening injuries where he later died.
The bike rider, a 24-year-old Hastings man, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
He was interviewed and has been charged with:
• dangerous driving causing death
• exceeding the prescribed concentration of drug
• unlicensed driving
• use unregistered motor vehicle
• use unsafe/unroadworthy motor vehicle
He was to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.

