Boy, 12, fighting for life after e-scooter he was riding shotgun on crashes with car
Paramedics found a man and girl with injuries following a crash between a car and an e-scooter in Isle of Dogs.
A young e-scooter passenger is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash involving a car.
London Ambulance Service paramedics found a man and girl with injuries after being called to the scene of the crash on East Ferry Road, Isle of Dogs, around 9.03pm on Sunday, February 18.
They treated the 20-year-old e-scooter rider and 12-year-old passenger at the scene near Crossharbour DLR before taking both to hospital.
Met Police officers also attended the scene.
The man’s injuries were not deemed life-threatening, according to the Met Police, but the girl is still in hospital.
A spokesperson said: ‘The female passenger of the e-scooter, a 12-year-old girl remains in hospital with what is believed to be life threatening injuries.
‘Her next of kin have been informed.’
A police cordon was seen following the incident. East Ferry Road was reopened to motorists around 5.15am on Monday, the East London Advertiser reported.
No arrests have been made in relation to the collision, but police enquiries are ongoing.
Police confirmed the driver of the car was not injured.
Nearly 1,500 people were injured in e-scooter crashes in Britain in 2022, according to data from the Department for Transport.
Of those, 387 were between 10-19 years of age and a further 14 were aged under 10.
12 people died in e-scooter crashes in the same period, including 11 riders and one pedestrian.
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A 14-year-old boy was banned from riding e-scooters after 71-year-old Linda Davis died after he ploughed into the pensioner on a pavement in Nottingham on June 2, 2022.
In September last year, two men aged 18 and 24 were arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving with a motorbike after hitting two 11-year-old girls riding an e-scooter in Swansea.
One of the girls was left with a broken femur, broken collarbone and has undergone surgery.