Police officer left with serious injuries after being hit by e-scooter

Officers from the MPS were carrying out an operation targeting the illegal use of e-scooters in Willesden High Road, North London, at about 1pm on Saturday (July 31).

Officers had asked a man riding an e-scooter to stop, but instead he crashed into one of them.

The officer was knocked to the floor and treated at the scene before being taken to hospital. He suffered a broken leg and concussion.

A 22-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of grievous bodily harm, assault on an emergency worker, obstructing a drugs search, failure to stop, dangerous driving, driving without a license or insurance, breaching the terms of a prison sentence and being unlawfully at large.

Inspector Martin Robbie, of North West BCU, said: “Officers put themselves in the face of danger on a daily basis and an incident like this demonstrates this.

Last month, the MPS seized 507 private e-scooters over seven days during a city-wide crackdown. Around 1,200 e-scooters are currently available to rent in the capital across nine boroughs where official trials are being conducted.