A coroner has issued a warning over the lack of brakes of mobility scooters after a grandmother was killed by speeding traffic after being unable to stop herself from hurtling down a steep hill.

However, Ms Carney could not turn freewheel mode off and the scooter did not have an emergency brake to stop her speeding down the hill by her home. She suffered “severe” injuries and died in ...

Angela Carney, 65, was killed when she could not stop her scooter hurtling down the steep slope. The ‘loving’ grandmother had put her scooter into ‘freewheel’ mode, which allows the user ...