An 11-year-old boy has been injured after he was struck by an electric scooter in Melbourne.
The incidenxjmtzywt unfolded when the boy was hit while leaving a retail store on Bay St in Port Melbourne on February 7 at 6.15pm.
He was knocked into a wall before falling to the ground, sustaining minor injuries.
Police say the rider, an 18-year-old Doncaster man, briefly stopped before fleeing on foot and being confronted by witnesses.
He then allegedly assaulted one of the witnesses, who sustained minor injuries, before again fleeing the scene.
The teenager is expected to be charged on summons over the incident.
Police are expected to charge the man with dangerous driving, unlawful assault, failing to give assistance after an accident and riding an electric scooter on a footpath.
It comes after a controversial few months for e-scooters since they first launched in Melbourne.
In February, terrifying footage of a wayward car veering towards e-scooter riders was caught on camera.
Footage of the incident was captured on CCTV at St Kilda Rd in Melbourne near the Shrine of Remembrance on February 13.
In the clip, four men are chased by the yellow vehicle as it swerves across the thoroughfare.
Weeks earlier, emergency room doctors blamed a spike in trauma admissions on the scooters’ introduction to the city.
The Alfred trauma services director Mark Fitzgerald, said the increase coincided with both a rise in scooter use and a surge in post-lockdown traffic.
“A lot of people went and bought electric bikes and scooters, which were all OK when there was no traffic on the roads, but now they’re competing with a big increase in traffic, and as a result, it’s increasing the number of injured people, unfortunately,” he told the
“There’s a lot more road trauma coming in and we do have a lot of two-wheeler injuries whether they are motorcycles, motorised bicycles or electric scooters. That has increased serious injuries.”
