Cross posted from https://thelemmy.club/post/53942368

Two 13-year-old girls died Wednesday after they were hit by a truck while riding on an electric scooter, police say.

At approximately 1:05 p.m., the two girls were traveling west on an e-scooter on Heritage Parkway when a pickup truck traveling south on Banbury Drive collided with them, according to a Syracuse police Facebook post. The crash took place at the intersection of the two roads, according to police.