{"id":168711,"date":"2022-12-22T01:49:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T01:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=168711"},"modified":"2022-12-22T01:49:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T01:49:08","slug":"safety-warning-after-e-scooter-rider-14-is-killed-by-a-minibus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/safety-warning-after-e-scooter-rider-14-is-killed-by-a-minibus\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety warning after e-scooter rider, 14, is killed by a minibus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Coroner issues warning over safety concerns after e-scooter rider, 14, is killed by a minibus<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>E-scooter deaths have doubled since police stopped seizing them on the roads<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fatima Abukar, 14,\u00a0died she after\u00a0lost control alongside a minibus \u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The schoolgirl who wasn\u2019t wearing a helmet suffered catastrophic head injuries<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Coroner said rise in deaths and Scotland Yard\u2019s decision is a direct correlation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>E-scooter deaths have doubled since police stopped seizing them on the roads, a coroner has warned after a 14-year-old rider died in a collision with a minibus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fatima Abukar was riding a battery powered e-scooter in East Ham, London, when she lost control while alongside a minibus and fell under its wheels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The schoolgirl, who wasn\u2019t wearing a helmet, suffered catastrophic head injuries and died a short time later despite the efforts of an off-duty medic to save her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now a coroner has raised fresh safety fears about the electric devices, warning that fatalities have doubled in the first six months of 2022 compared to the same period last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/12\/21\/21\/65829197-11563687-image-m-2_1671658758869.jpg\" height=\"1086\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>An illegal e-scooter rider driving without a helmet or any protection gear\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a report calling for action to prevent future deaths, Graeme Irvine, senior coroner in east London, said there was a direct correlation between the rise in deaths and Scotland Yard\u2019s decision last November to no longer routinely seize e-scooters being ridden illegally on public roads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s biggest force announced officers will only confiscate them from repeat offenders or when \u2018necessary to keep the public safe\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The force seized about 4,000 privately owned e-scooters last year, but that figure has dropped to 1,100 this year after the change in enforcement policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Any illegal rider stopped now has the law explained to them by an officer rather than see their scooter immediately seized.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There has been eight e-scooters deaths in London since 2019, with a total of 31 nationally, an inquest into Fatima\u2019s death was told last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his report, Mr Irvine said: \u2018An inverse\u00a0correlation exists between the rate of legal enforcement and the rate of deaths caused by e-scooters.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The collision involving Fatima happened at 1.30pm on March 21 when she was travelling at no more than 11mph.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following her death, friends paid tribute to Fatima as a \u2018a little rainbow of colour and\u00a0fun\u2019. One said: \u2018She has two brothers and two sisters.\u00a0She loved music.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Irvine ruled that Fatima had died from injuries as a result of a road traffic collision.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0His report has been sent to the Met Police, Transport for London, London mayor Sadiq Khan, Transport Secretary Mark Harper, Home Secretary Suella Braverman and a major e-scooter retailer.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11563687\/Coroner-issues-warning-safety-concerns-e-scooter-rider-14-killed-minibus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coroner issues warning over safety concerns after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":168710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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