Grandmother, 87, seriously injured after being run over by mobility scooter

A pensioner suffered ‘life changing’ injuries after being knocked down by a mobility scooter when the driver ‘was not paying attention’.

Olive Harris, 87, broke her arm in three places and fractured her wrist after being hit in Plymouth city-centre.

Her grandson Tom Roden, 28, accused the driver of not paying attention after CCTV video of the incident was released.

He said: ‘She was actually taken off her feet as the scooter hit her. She landed on her side and remained there for three hours waiting for an ambulance.

‘My first thoughts watching the video were about whether the driver was paying attention.

‘He drove straight at her. It was very saddening to see a relative in that state.’

Ms Harris, from Plymouth, is now recovering in hospital and is expected to be there for the next four months.

Her family wants to see new regulations that would require mobility scooters riders to carry identification, have insurance and be trained.

After the incident a passersby helped Ms Harris as she waited for medical assistance but the mobility scooter driver left the scene.

Mr Roden added: ‘The regulation will have to change, a good thing to come out of this will be if laws around mobility scooters are tightened up.’