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Eight people across the state hospitalized due to e-scooter injury

January 26, 2026 9:01 am in by
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Eight people have been taken to hospital or treated by paramedics due to e-scooter or bike related injury.

Locally, at Wulguru and paramedics got the call out just before 6pm on Sunday night.

A girl in her teens was taken to Townsville University Hospital after falling from the e-scooter on Stuart drive.

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It’s understood she was taken in a stable condition with hip pain.

Across the state and several other incidents occurred – with the e-devices quickly becoming a scourge for healthcare workers.

These include incidents at Kepnock in Bundaberg, the Gold Coast, Yeppoon, Gladstone and Stafford Heights, Fortitude Valley and New Farm at Brisbane. 

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