Next of kin have been informed, but police have yet to formally identify the victim.
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The boy, who was found seriously injured, was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
Nawaf Al-Tuwayan, 15, was dragged 200 yards along the road in London after falling off his self-balancing scooter.
A 15-year-old boy has died after being hit by a bus while riding his “hoverboard” in Alperton, west London.
More details about the circumstances surrounding the incident are not yet clear, but officers from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit are investigating.
“The emergency services attended the scene”.
In October, the Crown Prosecution Service reiterated legal advice that using hoverboards is illegal other than on private land.
An increasing number of airlines have now banned them over fears their batteries might explode and cause fires. It called on Retailers to only sell products from reputable manufacturers and importers.
Guidelines for their use state they can’t be classed “as invalid carriages” so can’t be used on pavements.
But in England, Wales and Scotland, it is also an offence to take it for a spin on the pavement.
Meanwhile it is also illegal to ride them on a public road because they are not approved by the European or British test schemes for road-legal vehicles.
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Of those, 15,000 – or 88 per cent – have been found to be defective.
