Shocking moment man on mobility scooter runs down another man ‘in row over bakery’s last pasty’
THE shocking moment a mobility scooter driver ran down a man in what was said to be a row over a pasty has been caught on camera.
The scenes unfolded on the streets of Devon yesterday, with horrified onlookers forced to intervene.
The squabble was said to have come about after one OAP nabbed the local bakery’s last pasty – to the anger of another man.
A fuming pensioner then held his crutch in the air while zooming towards the other man, forcing him to leap out of the way and tumble to the ground.
Oak Leigh, who watched the row unfold, said the angry pasty lover then started “taking it out” on other people.
She said: “They were arguing because he had the last pasty from the bakery and then bumped into him.
“He was taking it out on a few people there.”
In footage of the row, the mobility scooter driver can be heard shouting can be heard while swinging around a crutch.
He then starts motoring along the street towards a man.
As the scooter gets closer to the pedestrian, he tries to fend off the driver – appearing to use his arms to push the man away.
But the driver keeps going, and as the man tries to jump out of the way he is forced into a sign.
He then falls back towards a window and ends up tumbling backward and onto the ground.
People can then be seen rushing to help the man, who looks to be struggling to get up off the concrete.
The mobility scooter driver then appears to be swinging his crutch in the air, as the pedestrian tries to walk away.
Devon and Cornwall Police were later able to identify the man involved.
They seized his mobility scooter.
Bideford Police said: “Residents of Bideford may have seen this slightly unusual sight today.
“And while we are an equal opportunity employer, no, we currently don’t have any plans to launch mobility scooter patrols.
“We attended an incident early today which led to us seizing a mobility scooter which one of our officers then had to ride back to the station.
“We have identified the owner but all other parties had already left prior to our arrival.
“We don’t currently have any victims that have come forward to us.”
“If you were involved in the incident and wish to report this to us, please call 101 and quote log number: 298 (12/12/23).”