E-Scooter Rider, Police Officer Hospitalized After 16:00 Collision Near Buckingham Palace
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Updated · BBC.com · May 23
E-Scooter Rider, Police Officer Hospitalized After 16:00 Collision Near Buckingham Palace
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 23
Two men were taken as a priority to a major trauma centre after an e-scooter collided with a police officer on foot at the eastern end of Constitution Hill beside Buckingham Palace.
London Ambulance Service sent an ambulance crew, an incident response officer and London Air Ambulance by car, treating both at the scene before transport.
Met Police said the rider and officer suffered injuries assessed as non-life-threatening and non-life-changing, but officers sealed off Constitution Hill for hours while checks continued.
The crash left medical bags, a police hat and a black e-scooter scattered outside the palace gates, with police turning cyclists away from what officers called a crime scene.
Was the Buckingham Palace 'crime scene' a standard procedure, or a show of force in the war on e-scooters?
Will a crash at the King's doorstep finally force a decision on the UK's thousands of illegal e-scooters?