CCTV shows drunk e-scooter rider before injury

CCTV footage has captured the moment a man got on a rental e-scooter while more than two times over the legal drink-driving limit.

Cambridgeshire Police said the 43-year-old was seen staggering in St Andrew's Street, Cambridge, just after 12:00 BST on 21 June, before getting on the vehicle and riding away.

Ten minutes later, the force said it received a call from the ambulance service that a man had fallen from an e-scooter and was unconscious with a serious head injury. Police said he was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital and a blood sample showed he was nearly two-and-a-half times over the legal limit.

The man, from Cambridge, pleaded guilty to drink driving and was disqualified for 20 months and ordered to pay more than £1,000 in fines at Cambridge Magistrates' Court on Thursday, police said.

PC Jack Brown said: "Some people may not realise that e-scooters are classed as motor vehicles and the same drink driving laws apply as they do to cars."

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