Thames Valley Police appeal for witnesses to Tilehurst e-scooter crash which left a pedestrian in Royal Berkshire Hospital with a serious head injury

A man will require plastic surgery after he suffered a serious head injury in an e-scooter crash.

And Thames Valley Police is now appealing for witnesses to the incident in Tilehurst on Friday (May 26).

At around 8.15pm an e-scooter and a pedestrian were involved in a collision at the zebra crossing on Honey End Lane, opposite Sea Master Fish and Chips.

The rider of the e-scooter, described as a boy aged around 15, failed to stop at the scene.

The pedestrian, a man in his fifties, suffered a serious head injury and was taken to Royal Berkshire Hospital.

He has since been discharged but will require plastic surgery.

Investigating officer PC Mark Neill, of the joint operations roads policing unit, based at Three Mile Cross police station, said: “I am appealing for witnesses to this collision to please come forward.

“I would also appeal to the e-scooter rider involved to come forward. There is no doubt they would not know they had been involved in a collision.”

You can contact police by calling 101 or make a report on the TVP website, quoting reference number 43230232189.

Alternatively, you can provide information anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555 111 or via its website.

“Also, if you have any dash-cam footage if you were driving in the area around the time, I’d also ask that you check any recordings in case it has captured something that could assist our investigation,” added PC Neill.

“You can upload footage to our dedicated online portal.”

The portal can be found at https://unitedkingdom1cpp-portal.digital-policing.co.uk/serip/appeal/fail-to-stop-injury-collision.