An 11-year-old boy has been knocked over by an e-scooter simply days after a lady was hit by one of many new scooters, which solely started being trialled in Melbourne final week.
Leon Krasniqi was outdoors an ice cream store on Bay Road in Port Melbourne along with his household on Monday afternoon when he was struck by a person using an e-scooter.
Strangers chased after the rider, who rushed to flee the scene, whereas Leon was left on the bottom.
He was assessed by paramedics for bruising and a bump to his head, and has instructed 9News the incident was scary and "devastating".
"It was simply surprising," he mentioned.
Rovena Xeba, who owns the ice cream retailer, mentioned one other scooter drove quick previous the shop after the incident.
"It is so harmful," she mentioned. "They need to do one thing about this."
Ms Xeba mentioned the result might be a lot worse if an aged particular person was a sufferer of an analogous crash.
"Children can bounce again sooner," she mentioned. "The aged wouldn't get well from that."
Days earlier, Brittany Watson, who has a imaginative and prescient impairment, was injured when she was struck by an e-scooter in Melbourne.
She was strolling house along with her information canine on the time.
"The handlebars hit my wrist, bruising me to the purpose the place I had the following time off work," she instructed 9News.
The 1500 scooters are free every morning between 5am and 9am all through February.
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Police introduced on Monday that they might crack down on the misuse of the scooters.
Assistant Commissioner for Highway Policing Glenn Weir mentioned police needed folks to have interaction with the trial "sensibly".
"You may be breath examined, you possibly can't be over the restrict — the identical as a motorcar," he mentioned.
"As a part of the trial, you possibly can't have a passenger, you should put on a helmet."