CCTV shows the moment a 70-year-old Perth woman is hit by an e-scooter while leaving a nail salon. Hospitals are reporting a dramatic rise in injuries involving the devices.
E-scooter riders have been told to slow down after a Perth grandmother was hospitalised with broken bones following a crash that was captured by CCTV.It follows the deaths of two people in Perth recently due to e-scooter accidentsThe footage shows the 70-year-old woman take just a couple of steps before being wiped out by an e-scooter as she left a nail salon in East Victoria Park about 4pm on Wednesday.
"Whilst we have to wait for the police to do their investigation ... just looking at the footage it seems like the factors involved in that collision were a combination of speed and inattention, and as a consequence a lady is in hospital with serious injuries," he said."My message to riders of e-scooters and other devices like that [is]: When it comes to footpaths, firstly, slow down.
His partner, Tara Jane McNally, has been left to bring up their three children, aged 4, 9 and 10, alone."If they do, they should be really careful of their speed and be constantly alert," she said.Kim Rowe leaves behind his three children: Mason, 4, Isabella, 9 and Brodie, 10.
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