The man who was allegedly swerving round Exeter, Devon, on an electric skateboard as much as 48mph was additionally allegedly discovered to be in possession of Class A and Class B medicine
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A person has been arrested after the police allegedly caught him travelling at an astonishing pace of 48mph on an electric skateboard.
He stopped by police who feared he was endangering pedestrians as he zoomed across the metropolis of Exeter, Devon.
The man was additionally allegedly discovered to be in possession of amount of Class A and B medicine.
Electric skateboard are at the moment unlawful to make use of on the highway or footpaths in England, Scotland and Wales, regardless of campaigns to usher in legislations and trials.
Devon and Cornwall Roads Policing Team tweeted an image of the electric skateboard board it had seized sitting on high of one in all its automobiles.
A spokesperson added: “We seized this electric skate board from a male who was swerving around pedestrians on the pavement in Exeter last night.
“It has a high pace of 48mph!!! To high it off he had a amount of Class A & B in his possession.”
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Former highway visitors Sgt Harry Tangye was amongst these to reward the police officers.
He wrote: “Nice pull. The law takes into account the power of the skateboard/bike etc to see if it comes in the bracket of a ‘toy’ or a method of transport.
“This was a easy one! 48mph!”
In 2019, a man died after a collision while on his electric skateboard.
Bradley Visser, 38, was taken to hospital with serious injuries following the crash in the village of Stoke Row in Oxfordshire on July 17.
He tragically died 10 days later from his injuries.
PC Mark Dunne, on officer on the case, said: “This was a tragic incident which has resulted in a person dropping his life.”