Theme park bans scooters following serious accident

Drayton Manor theme park has banned scooters after a pensioner was badly injured in a collision with a child.

Jane Moran’s right kneecap was shattered and her ankle was broken in the fall at the park near Tamworth. The 63-year-old is recovering at Sutton Coldfield’s Good Hope Hospital after the broken bone was fused together by wire.

Following the accident, the park announced on Friday that it is to ban scooters. The move follows a request by Mrs Moran’s family.

Daughter Emma Allden demanded a ban on scooters in the park, but claimed her initial call was rebuffed by Drayton Manor management.

“They’ve told me they can’t,” said the 38-year-old. “They say that because they allow pushchairs they can’t stop scooters – but the two are very different.

“Drayton Manor is very popular and I think it’s dangerous to have children on scooters in that environment. My mum was knocked flying.

“The fall has really knocked my mum about. When she was taken in, she was suffering shock and we were really worried about her heart.

“She’s been on morphine and we’ve been told she’ll be in a wheelchair for six to eight weeks.”

The park has since banned scooters from the premises.