London teen becomes latest E-scooter fatality

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London teen becomes latest E-scooter fatality

A teenager in London has become the latest fatality while riding an E-scooter.

Appeal: A London teenager who was riding an E-scooter has died after an RTA

Date - 19th July 2021
By - Chris Smith

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The Metropolitan Police are appealing for witnesses after a fatal road crash in South London involving an E-scooter rider. Police were called to Bromley in the early hours of yesterday morning with London Ambulance Service paramedics to attend a...

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