An Aberdeen man was taken to the FirstHealth Moore Regional hospital with non-life threatening injuries after he drove his mo-ped into the back of another vehicle Monday afternoon.

Curtis McGoogan, 45, of Aberdeen, was cited by Aberdeen Police for failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision after he hit the back of a 1999 Mercury Sable that had stopped for a Moore County School bus on North Poplar Street near Peach Street in Aberdeen.

The incident occurred at 4:05 p.m.

All three vehicles were travelling south on North Poplar Street. The speed limit on the street is 35 mph.

“The mo-ped was pretty tore up, and the car had some damage,” said Mike Conner, Aberdeen police chief.

According to police reports the mo-ped was “totaled” and the car sustained $2,000 in damage.

Three people were in the vehicle at the time of the incident. No one in the car was hurt, Conner said.

Contact Tom Embrey at (910) 693-2484 or by e-mail at tembrey@thepilot.com.