Safety issues raised after fatal scooter accident
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 | 3:55 PM PT
CBC News
The death this week of an elderly Victoria-area man under the wheels of a dump truck while driving his new scooter is raising safety questions.
Albert James Wick, 74, died Monday when his electric scooter tipped off the sidewalk on Millstream Road in suburban Langford, west of the capital city.
His widow said he had just got the scooter.
The manager of Victoria's MEDIchair outlet notes no licence or driving lessons are required for scooter operators because they are classified as pedestrians.
David Coulter also told the Victoria Times Colonist that officials should consider making helmets mandatory for senior scooter riders.
He noted that scooters are becoming much more popular as the population ages.
Newer scooters, which cost up to $6,000 and weigh about 90 kilograms, can move at speeds of up to 24 km/h.
Share Tools
Latest British Columbia News Headlines
- Girl assaulted at Kamloops graduation party
- Mounties in Kamloops, B.C., are investigating the alleged sexual assault of a teenager at a bush party attended by as many as 1,000 high school graduates. more »
- Christy Clark reverses pay hikes for B.C. political aides
- B.C. Premier Christy Clark has reversed a move to increase the pay scales of many political staffers, labelling the hikes a "mistake." more »
- Soggy start to summer for B.C.
- Bands of showers will sweep through Vancouver on Wednesday and Thursday, says CBC meteorlogist Johanna Wagstaffe. more »
- 10 Trump tweets: what the man behind the hair has to say
- U.S billionaire Donald Trump was in Vancouver today to lend his name to the city's first Trump Tower. CBC Radio's On The Coast decided to look at where the man behind the brand stands on 10 key issues. more »
Must Watch
Top News Headlines
- Sopranos star James Gandolfini dies in Italy
- Actor James Gandolfini, best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the acclaimed HBO cable television series The Sopranos, has died while vacationing in Rome, the network said on Wednesday. more »
- Canada buys rare War of 1812 collection for $573K
- The government of Canada was the winning bidder for a large collection of letters, maps and other papers that once belonged to Sir John Sherbrooke, the lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia who conquered Maine for the British during the War of 1812. The collection sold for $573,000 at auction in London. more »
- Caregiving dads pay steep penalties at work, study says
- Fathers who participate in child rearing and housework are likely to be labeled slackers and "failed men" at work, according to a study spearheaded by researchers at the University of Toronto and Long Island University. Are active dads the norm at your workplace? more »
- Dozens of children seized from Manitoba Mennonite community
- Child welfare authorities have removed all but one child from a small Mennonite community in rural Manitoba. more »
- B.C. teacher duct-taped students' mouths
- B.C. backcountry mobile maps cause concern
- Parents of son 'brutally beaten' playing hockey want charges
- Police probe death of woman, 27, in Kelowna home
- Hundreds attend 'Change Brazil' protest in Vancouver
- Trumps announce exclusive tower deal in Vancouver
- Christy Clark reverses pay hikes for B.C. political aides
- Failed condo pre-sale deal costs Vancouver buyer $750K
- The class photo that made a father cry
