A 13-year-old girl from Canby, Oregon, was killed last Wednesday while riding an electric scooter when a driver struck her and left the scene. Quinn Broyles’ family is now sharing her story through a police department social media post, describing her as an aspirational young leader whose love, determination, and character left a lasting impression on the youth in her community. Police identified 31-year-old Cody Churchwell as the suspected driver, located the van involved, and booked him into Clackamas County Jail on second-degree manslaughter, failure to perform the duties of a driver, reckless driving, and reckless endangering. Canby’s police captain confirmed it was the town’s first e-scooter or e-bike death this year.
The tributes from Quinn’s family are the heart of this story. They said the value of her life cannot be measured by the number of years she was here, but by the countless lives she touched. That sentence has a way of staying with you whether you live in Oregon or here on the Suncoast.
For families across Sarasota, Manatee, and the barrier islands, this is a prompt to check the basics: helmets, reflective gear, agreed routes, and a hard conversation about where kids ride and when. For drivers, it’s a reminder that scooters and bikes move fast and sit low in blind spots, especially during snowbird season when our roads are busiest. One slow second costs nothing. One careless one costs everything.
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