Boy on e-scooter fractures ribs and elbow of 83-year-old woman in horror collision on Spain's Costa del Sol

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AN 83-year-old woman has been hospitalised after a young boy crashed into her while riding an e-scooter.

The horror collision took place on the Torre del Mar seafront at around 4.20pm on Sunday.

The woman was with her family when she was suddenly mowed down by the eight-year-old after he mounted the pavement.

The law states that you must be at least 14 years old to ride an electronic scooter.

The woman was knocked to the ground and suffered serious injuries to her shoulder and leg and had to taken to hospital in an ambulance.

Doctors at the Axarquia Regional Hospital discovered the octogenarian had several fractured ribs, a fractured elbow and bruises all over her body.

Police are now investigating the incident.

According to witnesses, the boy was travelling with another child on the scooter at the time of the accident.

They both reportedly apologised to the woman but fled the scene before police arrived.

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Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
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1 Comment

Denise Dargan says:

24 Oct, 2024 @ 14:30 at 14:30

The terrible collison when the e-scooter crashed into her. All of these e-scooters on the road are a menace. They have no licence and do not have to pass any kind of test but are still allowed to use roads, they should be banned. What do yoiu readers think?

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