Oxford scooter rider hospitalised after hitting pothole
Oxford scooter rider hospitalised after hitting pothole
Oxford scooter rider hospitalised after hitting pothole
Video from outside a pub shows how George Balkwill fell off his scooter after the crash.
A scooter driver was rushed to hospital after he collided with a "lethal" pothole, which left him needing stitches.
"One minute everything was fine, the next I'm staring at the tarmac and not able to get up," said George Balkwill, 32, from Oxford.
He was riding a Voi hired e-scooter along Oxford Road at around 18:00 GMT on Saturday, just outside the Red Lion pub in Old Marston, when he hit the hole which was obscured by rainwater.
An Oxford City Council spokesman said the pothole had been scheduled for repair but had "deteriorated since it was first inspected".