An underage Chinese boy filmed his own scooter crash while riding with two friends, landing all three in hospital. <br /><br />The video, filmed in Shaoyang CIty in southern China's Hunan Province on April 22, shows three boys - thought to be around 11 or 12 years old - driving a scooter on a road while recording a selfie.<br /><br />However, the scooter suddenly loses control after the underage driver adjusts his hair and turns to look at the camera.<br /><br />The scooter veers to the side of the road and then crashes. <br /><br />None of the boys are wearing helmets.<br /><br />According to reports, the legal age to ride a scooter in China is 18 and only one passenger below the age of 12 is allowed.<br /><br />More than a quarter of a million people die in China every year as a result of road accidents, according to World Health Organization estimates. <br /><br />Sixty percent of those involve "vulnerable" road users such as pedestrians, cyclists, and people on motorcycles, according to the WHO.
