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E-scooter rider hospitalised with life-threatening injuries

June 13, 2025 8:45 am in by
Ambulance with Emergency lights on - Pic: getty Images

The Townsville Forensic Crash Unit is investigating what caused an e-scooter crash that left a man fighting for his life

Around 4.20am, police say a 34-year-old man was riding an e-scooter when he lost control and crashed. Emergency services found him unresponsive on Dalrymple Road with a life-threatening head injury before transporting him to Townsville University Hospital.

Police are urging anyone with information or relevant vision to come forward.

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It’s the second e-scooter crash in less than 24 hours, after another woman in her 30s was also treated by paramedics after a car collided with an e-scooter on Angus Smith Drive in Douglas just after 6pm last night.

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