Youth taken to hospital after electric scooter crash on major Dundee road

A youth has been taken to hospital after an electric scooter crash on a major Dundee road.

A stretch of Strathmartine Road, between Canning Street and Main Street in the Hilltown, was shut just before 9am on Thursday.

Taxi drivers were warned to avoid the area due to the closure, which has since been lifted.

One worker in a nearby shop said: “There were two teenage boys on a scooter, one was standing on the back.

Male youth taken to hospital as police probe Dundee scooter crash

“They came up the road and then started swerving.

“One of the boys went over the top of the other and hit the ground.

“He seemed to have been hurt and was screaming, then all the police turned up.”

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 8.45am on Thursday, police received a report that a scooter had crashed on Strathmartine Road, Dundee.

“A male youth was taken to hospital as a precaution and inquiries continue.”