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Mobility scooter accident hospitalises Tweed man

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An 84-year-old Tweed Heads man has been taken to the Tweed Hospital after falling off his mobility scooter at a busy Banora Point intersection  yesterday afternoon.

Police say emergency services were called to Sexton Hill Drive, near the Pacific Highway underpass, at around 3.15pm yesterday (Tuesday, February 14).

They say the man had been driving his motorised scooter along Darlington Drive when the accident occurred.

The rider was treated for minor injuries by NSW Ambulance paramedics and transported to the Tweed Hospital for further treatment.


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