Appeal launched after woman injured in mobility scooter collision

Essex Police are looking for the man who was on the mobility scooter

Author: Ellie CloutePublished 17th Jun 2024

Police in Clacton are asking for help from the public to identify a man who was involved in a collision between a mobility scooter and a pedestrian.

Officers were called to outside Lidl supermarket, St Osyth Road, at around 1.45pm on Wednesday 5 June, where it was reported that a man on a mobility scooter attempted to pass an elderly woman pedestrian on the pavement, but in doing so, collided with the woman, causing her to fall into the road.

He stopped but then left the scene before police arrived, and officers are now trying to trace him.

The man is described as black, 30s and wearing an all-white tracksuit.

Anyone with information, CCTV, dash cam or footage in relation to this incident is asked to contact Essex Police.

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