Northampton family call for e-scooter ban after boy, five, hurt

The family of a boy left with a hole in his head after a collision with an e-scooter have called for the two-wheeled vehicles to be banned. Henry, aged five, suffered a fractured skull after being struck in an alleged hit-and-run by a privately owned e-scooter being ridden on a pavement in Greenfield Avenue, Northampton, on 5 May. Police took Henry to hospital where he needed a week of treatment, which included having bone fragments removed from his brain. Northamptonshire Police said a 33-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the incident and remained on bail pending further inquiries. Henry's brother, Jamie Argent, 19, said: "All scooters should be banned, even the hire ones. "I've seen kids under the age of 12 ride with three of them on it at once with no helmet and [acquired] using their parents' driving licences." Detectives have appealed for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to get in touch. Speaking to the BBC, Henry said the e-scooter hit him at "full speed" while he was "on a little bike ride" with his sister and her friends. "It was really painful," he said. "I had to go to hospital in Northampton and Birmingham and have missed school." Henry will begin