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SECTION 1288
Leaving the scene of an incident involving an electric scooter without reporting in the first degree
Vehicle & Traffic (VAT) CHAPTER 71, TITLE 7, ARTICLE 34-D
§ 1288. Leaving the scene of an incident involving an electric scooter
without reporting in the first degree. 1. Any person age eighteen years
or older operating an electric scooter who, knowing or having cause to
know, that serious physical injury, as defined in subdivision ten of
section 10.00 of the penal law, has been caused to another person, due
to the operation of such electric scooter by such person, shall, before
leaving the place where such serious physical injury occurred, stop, and
provide his or her name and residence, including street and street
number, to the injured party, if practical, and also to a police
officer, or in the event that no police officer is in the vicinity of
the place of said injury, then such person shall report said incident as
soon as physically able to the nearest police station or judicial
officer.

2. Leaving the scene of an incident involving an electric scooter
without reporting in the first degree is a class B misdemeanor.