Australian teenage e-bike rider killed in traffic crash

SYDNEY, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- A 17-year-old boy died following a traffic crash between a car and an e-bike in northern Australia on Monday.

Police in Australia's state of Queensland said in a statement on Monday night that a car collided with an e-bike at an intersection in Tallebudgera, a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, at around 4 p.m. local time.

The e-bike rider died at the scene, and his pillion passenger, also a 17-year-old boy, was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.

The car driver and sole occupant of the car, a 65-year-old man, was also taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

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