The devastated family of a mother-of-14 who died after falling off the back of an e-scooter revealed she ‘carried on as normal’ before she was rushed to hospital.
Angeline Bryan, 47, was helping a friend move house in Nottingham when she fell off the privately-owned scooter, smacking her head on the concrete and suffering a catastrophic head injury.
One of her daughters, Jaymi Andrews, said that after the crash she ‘got up and carried on’ despite complaining of a headache – although medics allegedly dismissed these symptoms as drunkenness.
She was eventually admitted to hospital and had a stroke. It is the latest shocking incident involving the electric vehicles menacing Britain’s streets.
Heartbroken family and friends have paid tribute to the ‘kind’ mother and set up a fundraiser for her funeral.
Mother-of-14 Angeline Bryan died after falling off the back of an e-scooter – in the latest shocking incident involving the electric vehicles menacing Britain’s streets
She was helping a friend move house in Nottingham when she fell off the privately-owned scooter, smacking her head
E-scooters are becoming an increasing issue across the country, with the Daily Mail previously revealing how more than 20,000 crimes involving one have been recorded by police forces over the past three years.
The gadgets were linked to 23 trafficking of drugs offences, 44 robberies and two possession of firearms offences in Bedfordshire alone, as well as to reports of stalking, sexual assault and even of attempted murder.
It remains illegal to use a private e-scooter unless you are on private land and have the consent of the landowner. The only way to use them legally on public roads is through an authorised hire scheme.
The mother suffered a catastrophic head injury before dying five days later
Ms Bryan pictured with family and friends. Her children, aged between five and 29, are being cared for by relatives in Milton Keynes
Ms Bryan’s 14 children, aged between five and 29, have been devastated by the loss of their mother and are being cared for by relatives in Milton Keynes.
On the third day after the fall, her headaches became worse and she began acting strangely. Her friend was concerned so she called an ambulance in the evening.
Ms Andrews said: ‘They didn’t take my mum to hospital.
‘They left her where she was and said they thought she was drunk.
‘However, she wasn’t drunk – it was because of the head injury she didn’t even know she had.’
The following morning Ms Bryan’s condition had deteriorated even more. The friend called the ambulance service again and this time paramedics took her to hospital.
‘They gave her scans and found out she had four bleeds on the brain caused by the fall from the scooter,’ Ms Andrews said.
‘They performed surgery to try to drain the bleed and put her in a coma and kept scanning her to see what was happening.
‘On the fifth day, she suffered a massive stroke. She was put on a life support machine but sadly did not recover.’
Paying tribute to her mother, the Ms Andrews said: ‘It was such a shock to us all. This devastating accident has left us all heartbroken and lost.’
‘Mum was our queen. She was there for all of us and her grandchildren.
‘Everyone who knew our mum knew she was there for everyone, and would put strangers before herself every single time.
'Mum made things happen, it didn't matter what anyone was struggling with, she would figure out a way to help anyone whose paths crossed.'
'She was a funny, kind and beautiful person inside and out and she will be so missed by so many people.'
Parents were once again warned about the dangers of e-scooters last month after a teenager was convicted of causing a crash that left a biker with potential 'life-changing injuries'.
The girl, who was 16 at the time, was riding her e-scooter outside Letchworth Railway Station in Hertfordshire on January 7 last year.
She crossed the road at 8.30pm while the pedestrian lights were red and drove into the path of a motorbike.
The biker suffered potential life-changing injuries as a result of the collision with the girl's e-scooter, police said.
In another horrifying e-scooter tragedy, pedestrian Linda Davis, 71 - known to her family and friends as Lou - was struck down on a pavement by an e-scooter in Rainworth, Nottinghamshire in June 2022.
She was taken to hospital but died in hospital six days later.
Ms Davis was hit and killed by a 14-year-old boy who was travelling at 20mph.
Some critics have called for e-scooters to be banned outright after police data revealed the shocking scale of thuggery linked to the gadgets.
Although privately owned e-scooters are banned in public areas such as roads and pavements, they can easily be purchased online without the need for a registration.
While their top speeds are supposedly capped at 15.5mph, they can then be modified to achieve speeds of up to 70mph - the limit that some vehicles can travel at on a motorway.
Linda Davis, 71, known to her family and friends as Lou, was struck down on a pavement by an e-scooter in June 2022
Figures released by the Department for Transport (DfT) in November last year revealed that in the year leading up to June 2023, 556 of the 1,080 casualties caused by e-scooter collisions were caused by scooters used outside designated trial areas
Tory MP Greg Smith, who sits on the Commons Transport Committee previously said: 'E-scooters, e-bikes and other forms of micro-mobility have been increasingly used in crime and there needs to be a serious approach to cracking down on people's ability to use them for criminal purposes.
'A registration scheme would be sensible because that's ultimately how you're going to hold people accountable – and Ministers need to get that done as quickly as is humanly possible.'
The Government has also extended its e-scooter trials until May 2026 'to allow us to gather further evidence to ensure that any future legislation balances safety, user accountability and market growth.'
Ministers have said they will wait until the tests are complete before they consider tightening up the law.
These trials have been extended three times already.
July 2023
A man on an e-scooter died after being hit by an ambulance responding to a 999 call.
The victim, in his 30s, was struck by paramedics in Hoylandswaine, near Barnsley in south Yorkshire.
The man, who has not been named, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries but could not be saved.
June 2023
An e-scooter rider died following a collision on Blackpool promenade.
The man, in his 30s, died at Royal Preston Hospital after sustaining serious head and chest injuries.
Sergeant Laura Kendall from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit said: 'This was a serious incident in which a man has tragically lost his life.
A man on an e-scooter died after a collision on Blackpool Promenade
December 2022
Mustafa Nadeem
Mustafa Nadeem, a 12-year-old from Birmingham, was riding along a pavement when he 'bumped into' the man - who had just alighted from the bus - and lost his balance, falling into the road.
A coroner heard the bus was travelling just 'milliseconds' behind him and Mustafa was caught under the front nearside wheels of the bus, which had just pulled away from the bus stop.
The pedestrian, Samuel Brown, told police he had just got off the number 97 near a McDonald's in Bordesley Green when he felt a 'bump on the right elbow' as he turned to press the button on the crossing to stop traffic.
June 2022
Linda Davis, 71, known to her family and friends as Lou, was struck down on a pavement by an e-scooter on Southwell Road East, in Rainworth, Nottinghamshire.
She was rushed to hospital but died in hospital six days after she was hit, despite the efforts of medics.
Ms Davis was knocked down and killed by a 14-year-old boy who was on the two-wheel machine travelling at 20mph.
July 2019
YouTube star Emily Hartridge
TV presenter and YouTube star Emily Hartridge is believed to have been the first e-scooter rider to die on a British road.
The 35-year-old was killed in a collision with a lorry. A statement on her Instagram page the day after her death said: ‘We all loved her to bits and she will never be forgotten.’
A coroner ruled she had been riding her e-scooter too fast with an under-inflated tyre at the time of the crash.
The inquest, held at Westminster coroner’s court, Central London, heard that Emily, of Hambledon, Hampshire, died instantly of her injuries following the collision in Battersea, southwest London.