B.C. senior hurt in crash wants tougher rules for e-scooters

Cullen Goodyear, a 74-year-old triathlete, suffered a broken hip when she was hit by someone on an e-scooter in July.

A North Vancouver woman wants to see more regulation for electric scooters, after being seriously injured in a collision last month.

Cullen Goodyear is 74 years old, and until last month was training for an Ironman triathlon.

That changed on July 8, when she was riding a bike near Lost Lagoon and was struck from behind by someone on an e-scooter.

“(He) smashed into me just as I was about to make my turn going quite fast, and down I went and my hip was broken,” she told Global News.

The collision left her in the hospital with a hip fracture and punctures to her lower left leg, ultimately requiring two hip surgeries.

Goodyear wants to see the province draft tougher rules for people who use such devices.

“They can go way too fast, they can go anywhere they want,” she said. “There needs to be some sort of legislation to limit their access to people … some sort of driver’s-ed or licence necessary in order to be able to run one.”

The person who struck Goodyear apologized afterwards, but is not facing any penalty.