[Apparelyzed]

Mobility scooter in hit-and-run

An 85-year-old woman has had to undergo surgery after being hit in a town centre by a woman riding a mobility scooter who failed to stop.

The woman had been walking past Marks and Spencer in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, at about 1250 BST on Saturday when she was hit.

Police said the injured woman broke her hip and arm and had other injuries to her leg.

She underwent surgery and is now said to be in a "comfortable" condition.

Officers urged anyone who saw the scooter rider to contact them.

She was described as white with shoulder-length hair and wearing a light-coloured top. The scooter was red.

Pc Derya Mustafa said: "The motorised scooter would probably have been quite slow moving and therefore it is very likely that someone would have seen it leaving the area at the time."

Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/engl...rcs/8306567.stm

[edlee]

Wasn't me,,,, nobody saw me,,, you can't prove it,

Crap,,, gotta go buy some paint.
ed

[wheelywendy]

wasnt me, i havent got shoulder length hair, pass the scissors quick!! my scooters silver but guess all that blood on it could have made it look red!! but then again it says it would have been moving sl;owly as it left the area. definatelly rules me out i only go full speed everywhere!! dont do slow

[StillFingers]

edlee, on Oct 14 2009, 08:19 AM, said:

Wasn't me,,,, nobody saw me,,, you can't prove it,

Crap,,, gotta go buy some paint.
ed

Ed, do you dress up in women's clothing, wear a white wig, on a regular basis...we're both across the pond so I think we're safe
Sure hope she doesn't holiday in the states tho

This post has been edited by StillFingers: 14 October 2009 - 05:52 PM

[Apparelyzed]

StillFingers, on Oct 14 2009, 06:47 PM, said:

Ed, do you dress up in women's clothing, wear a white wig, on a regular basis...we're both across the pond so I think we're safe

Now I have visions of Norman Bates ... been to any motels lately?

Simon

[Ratticis]

She was just bitter that another old lady was walking

[edlee]

Apparelyzed, on Oct 14 2009, 01:59 PM, said:

StillFingers, on Oct 14 2009, 06:47 PM, said:

Ed, do you dress up in women's clothing, wear a white wig, on a regular basis...we're both across the pond so I think we're safe

Now I have visions of Norman Bates ... been to any motels lately?

Simon

Yes,,, occasionally,,,,, to both questions,,,, now I need to see about mother.

ed

This post has been edited by edlee: 14 October 2009 - 06:34 PM

[E-DOG]

Wow.
Some poor, old, frail octogenarian brutally run down in the prime of her life, left for dead by yet another reject from a motorcycle gang.

And you guys have the poor taste and boorish nature to make fun. To joke and make light of her horrific situation.
My goodness, if I weren't rolling on the floor laughing my frigging ass off in a drunken stupor I'd be saddened by your callus attitudes.

Shame, shame, hic', shame.

E

[Ratticis]

Daddy's scarey when he drinks

[wheeliebear75]

Sorry....right color chair (though mine is a manual) oh & more importantly wrong side of the pond.

Obviously driving wheelchairs & scooters are like driving cars.......sure theoretically it shouldn't be that difficult yet some just never seem to get the knack down to save their life.

[McTavish]

wheeliebear75, on Oct 15 2009, 06:18 AM, said:

Sorry....right color chair (though mine is a manual) oh & more importantly wrong side of the pond.

Obviously driving wheelchairs & scooters are like driving cars.......sure theoretically it shouldn't be that difficult yet some just never seem to get the knack down to save their life.

I can understand how easy this kind of accident can happen, I was in Majorca last year and driving around the local market on a hired scooter, with not a care in the world. I put my bag around the handlebars of the scooter and it got caught on the accelerator, well the scooter tore into the crowd almost pinning an elderly woman to the ground.
If I could have ran I would have been out of there like a shot, as it was the crowd were staring at me as if I was a leper. The poor woman regained her composure and accepted my apology (albeit hesitantly).
No more bags on handlebars for me, I learnt my lesson.

[allis53ca]

wasn't me..i was at lowes yesterday....hitting the tool dept. mgr. who acted like i was invisible.....and how did she "hit and run" ?.....if she hit and ran, the scooter would still be there

[CR_L1]

Apparelyzed, on Oct 14 2009, 03:12 PM, said:

She was described as white with shoulder-length hair and wearing a light-coloured top. The scooter was red.

Hang on a mo,
White hair, light coloured top (beige probably) & red electric scooter...emmmmm

Only sounds like every cotton bud coffin dodger on the planet

P.S.
This wasn't any hit & run, This was an M&S hit & run

This post has been edited by CR_L1: 15 October 2009 - 06:09 PM

[graphic]

CR_L1, on Oct 15 2009, 07:03 PM, said:

P.S.
This wasn't any hit & run, This was an M&S hit & run

[E-DOG]

Ratticis, on Oct 14 2009, 04:52 PM, said:

Daddy's scarey when he drinks

Something ya'll might wanna keep in mind.
Cause daddy's always drinkin'.

[Yasko]

E-DOG, on Oct 15 2009, 12:26 PM, said:

Ratticis, on Oct 14 2009, 04:52 PM, said:

Daddy's scarey when he drinks

Something ya'll might wanna keep in mind.
Cause daddy's always drinkin'.

Scary indeed hic'
Huh, what has happened?

[allister]

That is priceless, just wish I had been privey to it !! LMAO.....

[dangerousdave]

Wasn't me
I don't leave live victims behind