The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Woman dies after mobility scooter crash
Collision near Arbroath church closes road
A woman in her seventies was killed after her mobility scooter was involved in a collision with another vehicle.
Police have launched an inquiry into the collision which happened around 1pm at the junction between Ponderlaw Street and Springfield Terrace, close to St Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church.
It is not known if the woman was on the pavement or the road when the accident happened although the scooter was upright on the pavement as police investigations into the accident began yesterday.
Debris – including what looked to be a car bumper – was lying next to the scooter.
One witness said: “There were blue lights everywhere and a police cordon at both ends of the road.”
An elderly woman on a mobility scooter was killed after being involved in a collision with a car in Arbroath yesterday.
Crash investigators examined the scene following the collision, which happened outside St Mary’s Church in Ponderlaw Street around 1pm.
Police confirmed a woman in her seventies had died last night as a result of the accident.
Ponderlaw Street remained closed for several hours after the lunchtime incident that left residents in a state of shock.
It is not known if the woman was on the pavement or the road when the accident happened – although the scooter was still upright on the pavement when crash investigators were conducting their examination.
Debris – what looked to be a car bumper – was lying next to the scooter.
One woman said: “There were blue lights everywhere and there was a police cordon up at both ends of the road.
“There is a lot of sheltered housing around here and a lot of elderly people use the church.
“It’s just terrible to think something like this could happen – I think everyone is in shock.”
The street was the site of a fatal road traffic collision in 2015, when a vehicle collided with an elderly woman.