The Irish Times·3 min read·medium
Scramblers scourge: ‘People are dying because of it’
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Patrick Freyne
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A Dublin mother is calling for a ban on e-scooters after her son was injured in a collision on a footpath. The article also highlights concerns from local sports clubs regarding damage to pitches and safety risks posed by scrambler bikes in public parks.
Rebecca Dunne was walking to a shop in Finglas, Dublin with her seven-year-old twin boys and their baby sister in a pram when a man on an e-scooter collided with one of her sons, Brody. They were on the footpath, the boys a metre a head of her. “I wasn’t even a minute away from my house. He fell over the handlebars of his scooter and landed on top of Brody.”
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