Child suffers arm, leg and facial injuries after being knocked down by an electric scooter in Derry

Police are appealing for information and witnesses after the incident in the Shantallow area on Sunday, August 2.

The child was on a scooter, and was with one of their parents when the incident happened shortly before 9.30pm. A young male riding an e-scooter is reported to have come around the corner, behind the Community Centre, and collided with the child, knocking them off their scooter.

There was a brief exchange with the young male who ran to get help and apologised, but then left afterwards without providing his details. The child sustained leg, hand, arm and facial injuries, and required treatment, the PSNI said.

Inspector Robb from Ballyarnett Neighbourhood Policing Team said: “This would have been a really traumatic and shocking incident for this child and for their parent.

“While the young male involved did stop, run to get help and apologise, he did not identify himself. We're keen to hear from anyone who was in the area, and witnessed this, or anyone with footage which may have captured the incident, to contact police using our witness appeal form at https://reporting.psni.police.uk/appeals quoting reference number 1522 of 04/08/26 or, call 101."

Inspector Robb said concerns have been raised about e-scooters and the issues they cause, and we are working to tackle this.

"We have made seizures and dealt with those detected, and we will continue to do this. I’d also ask that the community continues to report the illegal and dangerous driving of e-scooters,” said the police officer.