A 12-year-old student has died after being hit by a bus while riding his electric scooter.
Mustafa Madeem was on his way to school when the collision happened in Belchers Lane, Birmingham, shortly before 8am this morning.
His uncle Wakas Rashid told MailOnline that his cousin traveled to Saltley High School on his scooter.
He added: “The family is devastated, as you can imagine. This is an incredibly sad time for all of us.
Mustafa Madeem was on his way to school when the collision occurred in Belchers Lane, Birmingham, shortly before 8am this morning
Belchers Lane in Birmingham, where 12-year-old schoolboy has died after colliding with a bus while riding his e-scooter
Voi e-scooter rental fire service confirmed tonight that it is in contact with West Midlands Police over the incident
“They have been in the mosque all evening where friends and family have come to pay their respects.”
Mr. Rashid revealed that Mustafa was the second eldest of four siblings and had a brother and two sisters.
Emergency services arrived at the scene of the accident and closed the road during rush hour.
But despite the best efforts of paramedics, the boy was pronounced dead at the scene, becoming the last person left in the UK to die while riding an e-scooter.
Announcing the news this afternoon, West Midlands Police said: ‘A boy sadly passed away today following a collision with a bus in Birmingham.
“The 12-year-old is believed to have been riding an e-scooter when he collided with a bus on Bordesley Green, near the junction with Belchers Lane, just before 8am.”
The statement added: “Unfortunately, death was confirmed at the scene. The road remains closed this afternoon as our detectives work to determine what happened.
“The young person’s family has been notified and is supported by specially trained agents.”
Detective Sergeant Paul Hughes, of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: ‘This is a terrible tragedy for the young boy’s family and friends, and our thoughts are with them at this time.
“We have spoken to a number of witnesses, but would still like to hear from passengers on the bus that we have not yet spoken to, or from people who may have captured what happened on a dash cam.
“If people do have footage, we ask them not to share it on social media, but to send it to us so that we can help determine exactly what happened.”
A West Midlands Ambulance spokesman said it had sent two ambulances and two paramedics to the scene.
“He had sustained life-threatening injuries and was in critical condition,” the spokesman said.
“Unfortunately it became clear that nothing could be done to save him and he died on the spot.”
Moore’s conviction comes as deaths from e-scooter accidents tripled in a year and accident rates also rose 28 percent over the 12-month period
In 2019 Emily Hartridge (pictured) of Channel 4 and YouTube was killed in what was believed to be Britain’s first electric scooter fatality
No one on the bus needed treatment.
The youngster’s death comes as Britain facing a surge in the number of people killed while riding e-scooters accidents, with the number of fatal collisions tripling in one year.
Statistics show that in the year to June there were 12 deaths from e-scooters and a whopping 1,349 accidents.
This compared to four deaths the year before and 978 accidents – a significantly lower number. About 11 of the 12 deaths were e-scooter users, while one was pedestrian.
In 2019, Channel 4 and YouTube star Emily Hartridge was killed in what was believed to be Britain’s first fatal accident accident electric scooter.
The 35-year-old crashed into a lorry while riding an e-scooter near her home in Battersea, south London.
In July, a three-year-old toddler suffered “life-changing” injuries after being mowed down by a young man on an e-scooter.
The burglary happened while the little girl was out for a walk in Myatt’s Field Park, Lambeth, in South London.
The Metropolitan Police said the man stopped to say sorry. But the toddler’s condition later deteriorated and she was rushed to hospital.
It prompted a call from detectives for the man to turn himself in and “do the right thing,” with the Met saying the child’s injuries were “life-changing.”
In the same month 80-year-old grandmother Sarah Carter was left with a broken wrist and a cracked jaw and cheekbone after being knocked to the ground by an e-scooter.
Sarah Carter, 80, suffered a broken wrist, cracked cheekbone and jaw after being hit by an e-scooter in Canterbury, Kent
She labeled the e-scooters as ‘deadly’ and labeled the municipality as ‘irresponsible’ due to the lack of infrastructure.
After her accident, she said, “Another elderly person could very easily have been more seriously injured or even killed.”
And in August, a woman in Hull suffered a skull fracture after being hit by an e-scooter while riding her bicycle down a one-way street.
Such is the danger of electric scooters, Transport for London (TfL) bosses banned them in December 2021, after one exploded on a packed tube.
Firefighters extinguished a blaze at Parsons Green tube station in which a passenger suffered smoke inhalation.
It was one of many close calls that caused TfL to launch an urgent review, supported by evidence from the brigade’s experts.