Emergency services at the scene of a lunch-hour collision involving an electric scooter and a car in the Hastings CBD. Photo / Gianina SchwaneckeEmergency services at the scene of a lunch-hour collision involving an electric scooter and a car in the Hastings CBD. Photo / Gianina SchwaneckeTwo people have been moderately injured in separate scooter accidents in Hastings and Taradale today. The first about 12.40pm involved an electric scooter and a car which collided at the intersection of Heretaunga St West and Market St, Hastings, and the second about 2.10pm involving a mobility scooter and a vehicle about the intersection of Gloucester St and Meeanee Rd, the western entrance to the Taradale shopping centre. A St John Ambulance spokeswoman said they took one person to Hawke's Bay Hospital from the Hastings incident in a moderate condition and at Taradale, where the road was blocked for some time, treated one person at the scene.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 22, 2021 01:07 UTC