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| Mum makes e-scooter plea after daughter brain damaged by Northampton driver | |
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| Kirri-Anne Hossain-Reid was hit by a car on the wrong side of the road in June last year | Kirri-Anne Hossain-Reid was hit by a car on the wrong side of the road in June last year |
| A mother has urged e-scooter riders to wear helmets after her daughter was left with brain damage after being struck by a dangerous driver. | |
| A car on the wrong side of the road hit 25-year-old Kirri-Anne Hossain-Reid on Towcester Road, in Northampton last year. | |
| Helmets are recommended but are not a legal requirement on e-scooters. | Helmets are recommended but are not a legal requirement on e-scooters. |
| Debbie McCann said her daughter's injuries "wouldn't have been so bad" if she had been wearing a helmet. | |
| She said her daughter was "very outgoing, loved living life to the max and now it's all been taken away because of one silly incident". | |
| Sister Kiah Ratcliffe (left) and mother Debbie McCann (right) said they are very close to Kirri-Anne Hossain-Reid (middle) | Sister Kiah Ratcliffe (left) and mother Debbie McCann (right) said they are very close to Kirri-Anne Hossain-Reid (middle) |
| Mark Unwin, 62, of Kenmuir Crescent, Northampton, hit Ms Hossain-Reid when he was on the wrong side of the road while overtaking a van. | Mark Unwin, 62, of Kenmuir Crescent, Northampton, hit Ms Hossain-Reid when he was on the wrong side of the road while overtaking a van. |
| He pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and was jailed for two years on 10 March at Northampton Crown Court. | He pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and was jailed for two years on 10 March at Northampton Crown Court. |
| The court heard Unwin had failed to merge his Vauxhall Mokka with other traffic and was parallel with a red van when he hit Ms Hossain-Reid, who had been coming the other way on a Voi e-scooter. | The court heard Unwin had failed to merge his Vauxhall Mokka with other traffic and was parallel with a red van when he hit Ms Hossain-Reid, who had been coming the other way on a Voi e-scooter. |
| Ms Hossain-Reid was taken to hospital and is now living at a specialist brain injury unit with limited communication and mobility. | Ms Hossain-Reid was taken to hospital and is now living at a specialist brain injury unit with limited communication and mobility. |
| Debbie McCann said her daughter was walking the e-scooter across the road when she was hit | Debbie McCann said her daughter was walking the e-scooter across the road when she was hit |
| Her mother said: "If she'd have had that helmet on with the scooter it wouldn't have been so bad." | Her mother said: "If she'd have had that helmet on with the scooter it wouldn't have been so bad." |
| She believed that helmets should be compulsory, especially as rental e-scooters can ride on the road, adding: "I just wish Kirri-Anne had a helmet on." | She believed that helmets should be compulsory, especially as rental e-scooters can ride on the road, adding: "I just wish Kirri-Anne had a helmet on." |
| Ms McCann said: "Now she is stuck in a wheelchair or she's in bed because she's restricted with what she can do because of the frontal lobe damage. | Ms McCann said: "Now she is stuck in a wheelchair or she's in bed because she's restricted with what she can do because of the frontal lobe damage. |
| "She gets very frustrated because she knows what she wants to say, but it doesn't come out." | "She gets very frustrated because she knows what she wants to say, but it doesn't come out." |
| Kirri-Anne Hossain-Reid is now living at a specialist brain injury unit | Kirri-Anne Hossain-Reid is now living at a specialist brain injury unit |
| Ms McCann said her daughter had made progress since the collision and the family were "with her all the time". | Ms McCann said her daughter had made progress since the collision and the family were "with her all the time". |
| "She's learned to use a laptop, she can say 'yes' and 'no', she says 'Mum, love you', she's doing so well, just amazing," she said. | "She's learned to use a laptop, she can say 'yes' and 'no', she says 'Mum, love you', she's doing so well, just amazing," she said. |
| Kiah Ratcliffe said her sister was showed positive signs in hospital which encouraged the family | Kiah Ratcliffe said her sister was showed positive signs in hospital which encouraged the family |
| Ms Hossain-Reid's sister Kiah Ratcliffe said: "She was just absolutely amazing, like a heart of gold. If anyone needed anything doing and she'll just should be there in a heartbeat. | Ms Hossain-Reid's sister Kiah Ratcliffe said: "She was just absolutely amazing, like a heart of gold. If anyone needed anything doing and she'll just should be there in a heartbeat. |
| "She was my best friend." | "She was my best friend." |
| She said seeing her sister in hospital after the crash was "awful, not a nice picture at all, I looked at her and she just didn't look like my sister". | She said seeing her sister in hospital after the crash was "awful, not a nice picture at all, I looked at her and she just didn't look like my sister". |
| The family said they were now raising money for the Northamptonshire and Warwickshire Air Ambulance and the University Hospital Coventry, which they said saved Ms Hossain-Reid's life. | |
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