Mobility scooter driver quizzed

Pensioner Audrey Lane, from Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, was knocked down by an electric vehicle which drove off at less than 8mph.

The former Land Girl, 84, is still being treated in hospital for a broken leg and wrist.

Inspector Les Pritchard, of Gloucestershire police, confirmed that a man had handed himself in at Tewkesbury police station.

After he was spoken with, a file of evidence was handed to the Crown Prosecution Service for the attention of the reviewing lawyer.

The man could face charges of assault or dangerous driving under changes to the Road Traffic Act made two years ago.

Mrs Lane's son, Daniel, 59, said: "My mother was standing with her shopping in the High Street, waiting to cross the road. The next thing she knew, she had been hit from behind by this man on a mobility scooter. She was in the middle of the road lying on the floor and her shopping bag was thrown half-way across the street.

"She remembers the incident clearly. He told her, 'I can't stop. I'm busy', then went off.

"The police are investigating, but I am still worried because there is no competency test for these vehicles, and very little restriction on them. It may only have been going between four and eight miles an hour, but when you hit an elderly lady on the pavement that I think that is pretty quick."

Insp Pritchard said: "Incidents like this involving such scooters are not common, and offences of failure-to-stop relating to them are almost unheard of."