Neuron eScooter rider eats dirt after late night collision with riding partner

ANOTHER eScooter rider has eaten dirt after a late night scooter collision in which another rider crashed into her scooter in the city.

Another eScooter rider has faceplanted in the city. Picture: Che Chorley

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ANOTHER eScooter rider has eaten dirt after a late night scooter collision in which another rider crashed into her scooter in the city.

Northern Watch Commander Len Turner said two friends had been riding together when their scooters collided.

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“Two scooters were travelling together and the first rider was in the front and waited for the second one to catch up,” he said.

“The second caught up, the first rider pulled out and they collided, the first rider landing face first in the footpath.

“She had injuries but not serious, she was treated at the scene by St John Ambulance.”

The women’s friends was uninjured.

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Darwin’s first victim of the eScooters in January failed to negotiate a kerb, leading to a police investigation into how the vehicles could be used more safely.