Motorist fined for teenager death in car-e-scooter collision

A private car driver was fined in the case of the death of a teenage girl in an accident between his car and an electric scooter at a pedestrian crossing in Pirkanmaa in July last year, local media reported.

The Pirkanmaa District Court on Tuesday awarded the punishment to the 45-year-old man after largely dismissing the charges against him in the collision resulting death of the 15-year-old girl, reported national broadcaster Yle.

The prosecutor accused the man of negligent homicide, negligent bodily injury, and endangering traffic safety but the court convicted him of endangering traffic safety and sentenced him to pay 40 income-linked day-fines.

The court heard that the e-scooter was running at about 10 kilometres per hour when the accident took place, according to the data supplied by the scooter rental firm.

The defence lawyer told the court that the man was driving the car at about 35 kilometers per hour where the speed limit on the road is 50 kilometers per hour.

The car driver did not see the scooter or the girls until they directly had come in front of him and he did not get time to brake the car before the accident, said the defence lawyer.

Two 15-year-old girls sustained serious in a collision between an electric scooter and a private car on July 20, 2025.

The accident took place when the girls were riding on the e-scooter and collided with the car at a pedestrian crossing at the intersection of Naistenmatkantie and Pirjolantie in Pirkkala, a municipality under Pirkanmaa region.

Both the girls were taken to hospital where one of them, who was driving the e-scooter succumbed to her wounds.