Scooter rider blocks highway, runs red light


An electric scooter rider blocked the roadway in Boone by riding in the middle of the road and running a red light at a busy intersection, nearly causing a crash. The rider was not wearing a helmet.
Audio|Source: Watauga County Fire, EMS and Rescue, Boone and Blowing Rock Fire
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00:00subject on some sort of electric scooter in the middle of the roadway.00:06Call them a traffic impedance.00:09Not wearing a helmet, blue t-shirt, tacky-looking shorts.00:13It's probably going to get himself red over if he's not careful.00:19104.00:20Getting ahead that way?00:24104.00:25I'm behind him right now.00:26I'm trying to keep...00:27They arrested a traffic on 105 from getting to him.00:34Currently, the red light at P-bodies, he just continued on through the intersection of the red light.
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subject on some sort of electric scooter in the middle of the roadway.
00:06
Call them a traffic impedance.
00:09
Not wearing a helmet, blue t-shirt, tacky-looking shorts.
00:13
It's probably going to get himself red over if he's not careful.
00:19
104.
00:20
Getting ahead that way?
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104.
00:25
I'm behind him right now.
00:26
I'm trying to keep...
00:27
They arrested a traffic on 105 from getting to him.
00:34
Currently, the red light at P-bodies, he just continued on through the intersection of the red light.
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Boone, NC
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