Senior riding e-scooter trapped under SUV, sent to hospital

A police car at the scene of where an 80-year-old man was injured after being trapped underneath an SUV. (Pedro Querido/CTV News)

An 80-year-old man who was riding an electric scooter is in hospital after being trapped underneath an SUV in Montreal’s Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough Tuesday morning.

Montreal police (SPVM) received several 911 calls at 9:50 a.m. about the incident in the parking lot of a store on the corner of Ontario and Aylwin streets.

“When police arrived on the scene, they located the driver of the electric scooter, an 80-year-old man, stuck under the sports utility vehicle,” said Véronique Dubuc, a spokesperson with Montreal police.

She adds that first responders were able to pull the man out from under the vehicle.

He was taken to hospital in critical condition but police said in an update on Tuesday that he was considered out of danger.

“According to the initial information obtained from witnesses, the SUV was backing into a parking space,” said Dubuc. “While backing up, it struck the electric scooter behind it.”

A security perimeter has been set up to allow investigators to better understand the circumstances surrounding the collision.