A 20-year-old man from Trowbridge has been sentenced after crashing an electric scooter into a parked car while under the influence of drugs.
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Macaulay Whittaker, of Jenkins Street, appeared at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (December 19), where he pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including drug driving, careless driving, driving without a licence, and driving without insurance.
Incident Details
The crash occurred on June 18, when Whittaker was riding an e-scooter at speed down Wicker Hill in Trowbridge. He failed to navigate a left-hand bend, colliding with a parked 2000 Honda CR-V. Whittaker was thrown from the scooter, sustaining serious head injuries that required hospital treatment.
He also emphasized the legal restrictions on e-scooters:
“Privately owned e-scooters are illegal to ride on public roads unless in designated trial areas, which require a valid driving licence and insurance. There are no trial areas for e-scooters within Swindon or Wiltshire, making it against the law to ride them on public roads.”
