<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A teenager has died after an e-bike crash on the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/gold-coast" rel="" target="" title="Gold Coast"><span>Gold Coast</span></a><span> this morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 15-year-old boy from Worongary was riding an electric dirt bike along a road in Broadbeach about 3am when he lost control and fell off, police said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He died at the scene.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/south-australia-whyalla-veterinarian-andrew-melville-smith-car-hit-by-a-suspected-meteorite-port-august-highway/3132693d-6f34-478c-bd92-0f630a5ff6b3" target="_blank"><strong><span>Man's new Tesla struck by suspected meteorite on remote Aussie highway</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Investigators are probing if he was going too fast.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are appealing for </span><a href="http://www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting" rel="" target="" title="witnesses"><span>witnesses</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An eight year-old boy </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/e-bike-death-sunshine-coast-mountain-creek-young-boy-dies-in-collision-queensland-police-news/ada3aba8-c44d-46a0-88e6-3f4b7f34cecc" rel="" target="" title="was killed in an e-bike crash"><span>was killed in an e-bike crash</span></a><span> earlier this week in the state.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/broadbeach-gold-coast-teen-dies-after-electric-dirt-bike-crash/a42043f3-c448-4e95-8576-f31925b7f728" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There have been </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/calls-for-ebike-crackdown/2e4bbd33-fc3e-4277-8385-9eb9be4ab87f" rel="" target="" title=" calls for a crackdown on e-bikes in the state."><span>calls for a crackdown on e-bikes in the state.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Legal e-bikes can be ridden on paths unless otherwise signed, as long as riders obey bicycle rules such as wearing a helmet.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They must have a maximum continuous power output of 250 watts and be pedal-powered with motor assistance up to 25km/h.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There are no age limits for riding e-bikes in Queensland.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bikes with motors over 250 watts are illegal, as are throttle-powered bikes without pedals, which are technically electric motorcycles and require registration, insurance and a licence and cannot be ridden on paths.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></a><span> </span><strong><span>and</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div>