ST PETERSBURG, Fla. - Law enforcement says they’ve seen a spike in e-bike crashes across the area lately.

The backstory:

Deputies in Pinellas County are investigating an e-bike crash that left a 67-year-old man with life-threatening injuries. Investigators say the man riding the e-bike didn’t stop at a stop sign and collided with a truck in Dunedin Tuesday. This crash unfortunately isn’t alone. Officials say the number of e-bike crashes continues to go up across the Bay Area.

"Unfortunately, in the past month, we've had seven fatalities and half of them have been e-bikes," said Lieutenant Jason Levey of St. Petersburg Police’s traffic section says, "Almost half of them have been e-bikes."

Lt. Levey said out of the seven traffic fatalities in the past month, three have involved e-b

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