By the time Ms Palmer reached him, he was already “out cold” on the ground. After he heard his parents roaring at him, Ms Palmer recalled that her son “jumped” but then quickly lost consciousness. “The only thing that saved him was the bike, they said, that he was on his bike - the bike took the impact off the e-scooter.” “I've seen so many posts of people being injured, people being killed by scamblers and by e-scooters,” Ms Palmer said. Ms Palmer added that she believes 18 is still too young to use an e-scooter.