Hundreds of scooters swarm downtown, briefly enter I-35W
Troopers received reports Saturday around 10:40 p.m. that 200-300 Lime scooters swarmed downtown Minneapolis and briefly entered I-35W, authorities said.[1]
Minneapolis police and the Minnesota State Patrol monitored a roaming group of hundreds of scooters and bikes downtown and in southeast Minneapolis, and there were no arrests or citations, officials said.[1] The State Patrol publicly urged Minneapolis and scooter companies to implement geofencing to keep shared scooters off freeways and warned riders on I-35W face life-threatening danger.[1]
Troopers said the reports came in around 10:40 p.m. Saturday that 200-300 Lime scooters had entered I-35W in Minneapolis.[1] Fox 9 reported the roaming group included bicycles and rode through downtown and southeast neighborhoods before officers monitored them on the freeway.[1]
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- Troopers received reports around 10:40 p.m. Saturday of 200–300 Lime scooters entering I-35W in Minneapolis.
- Minneapolis police and State Patrol monitored a roaming group of hundreds of scooters and bikes downtown and in southeast Minneapolis; no arrests or citations were issued.
- State Patrol publicly called for Minneapolis and scooter companies to implement geofencing to keep shared scooters off freeways and warned that riders on I-35W face life-threatening danger.
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