Emergency services were called just after 1.30pm today (Monday, March 21) to a road traffic collision on Green Street, Newham, east London. The rider of the e-scooter, a girl believed to be aged 14, was treated at the scene but died from her injuries. [Photo: @GettyImages ]

@GettyImages Her next-of-kin have been informed and an investigation is underway. The driver of the van is with police and has not been arrested.

@GettyImages A @metpoliceuk spokesperson said: "Police were called at approximately 1.35pm on Monday, March 21, to reports of a van in collision with an e-scooter in Green Street, E13. "The rider of the e-scooter, a girl believed aged 14, was treated at the scene but died from her injuries."

@GettyImages @metpoliceuk A @Ldn_Ambulance spokesperson said an ambulance crew and hazardous area response team were dispatched, as well as the air ambulance. "The first paramedic arrived in less than five minutes," they said. "We treated a teenager at the scene and took them to hospital as a priority."

@GettyImages @metpoliceuk @Ldn_Ambulance The @metpoliceuk added that road closures remain in place and enquiries into the circumstances continue. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact 101 or tweet @MetCC and quote CAD3212/21Mar.

@GettyImages @metpoliceuk @Ldn_Ambulance @MetCC Thoughts are with the victim's family after this awful news.

@LondonWorldCom Terribly sad but not a surprise. The only surprise is that more kids haven't been killed. These things are a menace. I routinely see *kids* whizzing the wrong way up 1 way streets, through red lights, on pavements. No safety gear or knowledge of highway code. Death traps.

@LondonWorldCom The outpouring of sympathy in response to this is so heartwarming. You've all done yourselves proud.

@LondonWorldCom THIS IS A TRAGEDY

@LondonWorldCom She shouldn’t have been on the road it was always gonna happen

@LondonWorldCom poor kid.

@LondonWorldCom Just awful. Teens treat them as a gimmick or as safe as a bike and they just aren't.

@LondonWorldCom Oh no..I've seen them about in Kent where I live. Young men zooming down the road