Grandmother with cancer wiped out by e-scooter on footpath

CCTV has captured the shocking moment a grandmother walked out of a nail salon and was smashed into by an e-scooter rider.

A Perth grandmother was hospitalised after she walked out of a nail salon into the path of an e-scooter.

The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon outside a nail salon on the Albany Highway in the suburb of East Village Park.

CCTV captured the moment the elderly woman took a couple of steps out of the salon and was crashed into by the e-scooter.

The woman and the male rider were thrown through the air.

The grandmother was knocked to the ground within seconds of walking out of the salon. Picture: 7 News

Salon staff member Bell Buffham told 7 News that she watched helplessly through the shop windows as the woman flew through the air.

“She flew from one end of my shop right down to the other end, so basically two metres,” Ms Buffham said.

The woman had reportedly told Ms Buffham that she had finished up a course of chemotherapy for brain cancer.

“She just had chemo, just had brain cancer and now this happened to her, so her body is very fragile,” she said.

The e-scooter rider was very apologetic. Picture: 7 News

The woman’s family said male e-scooter rider was very apologetic, 7 News reported.

E-scooters are allowed on footpaths but are restricted to a maximum speed of 10km/h.

Police have been made aware of the incident.

A woman in Adelaide is suing Lime Scooter for her $22,000 medical bills after she was hit by an e-scooter after her insurance wouldn’t cover them.

Originally published as Grandmother with cancer wiped out by e-scooter on footpath