Man injured after e-scooter and car crash in Poplar

Emergency services were called to the crash near the junction between East India Dock Road and Chrisp Street <i>(Image: Google/ PA)</i>
Emergency services were called to the crash near the junction between East India Dock Road and Chrisp Street (Image: Google/ PA)
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A man was taken to a hospital after a crash between an e-scooter and a car in Tower Hamlets.

Emergency services were called on Saturday, June 17 at around 9pm to reports of a road traffic collision between the two vehicles in East India Dock Road.

Police said the collision happened near to the junction with Chrisp Street.

London's Air Ambulance was also dispatched.

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A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We sent a number of resources to the scene, including an incident response officer, an ambulance crew and a medic in a fast-response car...

"Our first medic arrived in approximately two minutes."

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The rider of the scooter, a 19-year-old man, was treated at the scene and taken to a major trauma centre as a priority, said the LAS.

His condition was later assessed as not life-threatening or life-changing.

The driver of the car stopped at the scene.

Enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances, said police.

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