Teen seriously injured in scooter crash in Elkhart

A teenager was seriously hurt in a crash involving a motorized scooter in Elkhart.

Official response and confirmed impact

Police say a vehicle hit the scooter at the intersection of Cassopolis Street and County Road 6 East. This was about 9:30 Thursday night.

The 18-year-old man on the scooter was taken to the hospital with a serious but non-life-threatening head injury.

The driver of the vehicle is cooperating with police. Westbound lanes of County Road 6 were shut down for hours but are now back open.