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Speeding e-scooter riders get painful dose of instant karma in face-first crash

Speeding e-scooter riders get painful dose of instant karma in face-first crash

Metro18 hours ago

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Two e-scooter riders speeding along the pavement got a painful dose of instant karma after smashing face-first into each other.
Dash cam footage shows the pair coming together on a quiet road in Bedfordshire.
One, wearing dark clothing, can be seen swerving around the corner and up onto the pavement right as the other, dressed in a grey tracksuit, was approaching.
The force of the impact sends them crashing to the ground, with the man in grey tumbling into the road.
A woman in the car filming the whole thing is heard screaming: 'Oh! Could see that happening!'
Both men were lucky to escape with relatively minor injuries.
Earlier this month, a new dad died after suffering serious injuries in an e-scooter crash in Dublin.
Last month, a teenage boy in a wheelchair was seriously hurt after being hit by an e-scooter rider in Dundee.
Police said the 17-year-old had been crossing the road in his wheelchair when he was struck by the e-scooter.
And in April, a father-of-three died in hospital weeks after being hit by a car while riding an e-scooter.
Kieran Hall, 43, was crossing the road at Crown Island when his e-scooter and a car were involved in a collision at around 1pm on March 17.
He died in hospital on April 26 with his family by his bedside.
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