A man has died after falling from an e-scooter in the Newcastle area today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 12.15pm (Sunday 2 June 2024), emergency services were called to Appletree Road, West Wallsend, following reports of a crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers from Lake Macquarie Police District arrived to find the rider of an electric scooter had fallen, impacting with the roadway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the efforts of NSW Ambulance Paramedics and first responders, the man died at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The man, believed to be aged in his 30s, is yet to be formally identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The driver of a Toyota Hilux was taken to John Hunter Hospital for mandatory testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A crime scene was established and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding this crash has commenced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A man has died after falling from an e-scooter in the Newcastle area today. About 12.15pm (Sunday 2 June 2024), emergency services were called to Appletree Road, West Wallsend, following reports of a crash. Officers from Lake Macquarie Police District arrived to find the rider of an electric scooter had fallen, impacting with the roadway. … Continue reading “Man dies after falling from e-scooter – West Wallsend”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26989,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26988\/revisions\/26989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}