Young man falls off scooter; Rushed to hospital
Persons gather around as the injured scooter rider is given assistance. Photo: Team of Reporters
The injured scooter rider was rushed to Peebles Hospital by ambulance. Photo: Team of Reporters
The scooter, which a young man fell off in the Kingston area of Tortola today, April 30, 2017. Photo: Team of Reporters
KINGSTON, Tortola, VI- Unfortunately, scooter accidents on the streets of Tortola continue. It was today April 30, 2017 around 3:30 PM that a young male fell off his scooter in the area of Kingston, on the eastern side of Tortola.
Persons in the immediate area and other motorists rushed to provide assistance while the ambulance was called.
While the details of how the accident occured are unclear, it appears that the young man was not wearing a helmet.
Within the past five years, the Virgin Islands has been rocked with monthly, sometimes weekly, scooter road accidents that have caused much injuries, damage to motor vehicles and scooters and in some cases death.
The young man was rushed to Peebles Hospital, in Road Town. His condition and identity are not immediately known.
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31 Responses to “Young man falls off scooter; Rushed to hospital”
So this is the government fault because the young people them not listening to authority and parents? He wasn't wearing a helmet, them think them invincible and to cool to wear helmets.. and still it's NDP fault... really. They dont listen to there parents.. and I assume they are blind to the fact that their children think they grown. My heart goes out to his mother, in the words of my grandparents... "Who don't hear does feel".
But when I see a youth fall or die off of these things. It does not make me feel one way.
And not in have lost family to such. Who don't heat will feel. I'm tired of seeing them zooming infront of me when I'm driving. And 99% of the time I don't hear or see them all coming. Until they pop up infrent of me.
So them own the road. And you die by what you live out.
Until people start to leave they @$$ where they fall for their parents to pick them up it will not stop.
@ truth. TEACH? I don't think they will ever learn. You think they don't know what has happened to others in the past on those scooters. Just minutes after that accident yesterday, I saw a set of them coming up the highway still forming the @$$.
It is so amazing how some of u all act like accidents dnt happen and blame d government for wat its not just scooter dat does be causing. accident wen on d road y we dnt blame government wen is vehicle accident wen day speed thru an switch lane almost running u over next thing u no day flip up d road he just wasnt wearing his helmet an its d same as not wearing seat belt sh*t man is like sum of u does just wait for thing to happen to run ur mouth
A bunch of them were through traffic today riding like total a$$e$. May more of them buss their @$$ and hopefully they learn to stop £%&* around on the public road. Whats really wrong with these young men?
These young clown riding round the place.
Monkey see monkey do tha y he @$$ fall down too