A PENSIONER escaped with minor injuries after her mobility scooter was in collision with a car – yards from the spot where a Swindon child died after being struck by a car.

The woman had been close to a pedestrian crossing on Drove Road when she her mobility scooter was struck by a Rover car travelling up towards Old Town.

Her injuries are not thought to be serious.

The incident happened just a few hundred yards from the spot where, in March, seven-year-old Tyrese Hannah was knocked down. He died later in hospital.

Simon Baker was doing scaffolding work on a nearby house when the incident happened.

“I think if she hadn’t been in the wheelchair it could have been more serious,” he said.

“It took all the impact. It sounded like two cars had hit each other, then we realised a lady was on the floor.”

Winston Castle, 54, who runs the Jessamine Cottage Bed and Breakfast in Drove Road, stayed with the woman, who he thought was in her 70s, until the ambulance arrived.

“She was in shock obviously and she was worried,” he said.

“I just told her to keep calm and asked her where it hurt and it was her shoulder, she landed on her shoulder.”

A police spokesman confirmed that officers had been called at 10.41am over reports of a lady in a wheelchair who had been hit by a car in a low speed collision, with the car travelling about 5mph.

The woman’s injuries were described as minor but she was taken to the Great Western Hospital as a precautionary measure.

Mr Baker said he believed the layout of the crossing and the roundabout at the junction of Drove Road and Upham Road made it a dangerous area.

“I think it probably gets confusing with the roundabout so close to the traffic lights,” he said. “Maybe they should move the lights down.”

Winston’s wife, Sue, said: “We’d asked before Tyrese died to have some speed restrictions, and they said there is no problem.

“Then the child died and they said there is a problem.

“I live in fear that I’m going to pick somebody off the road there. It’s going to happen.”

She said there had been at least four traffic incidents this year, most involving two cars, and that one solution would be to remove the roundabout and have just lights at the junction.

A Swindon Council spokesman said: "We will be talking to the police and waiting for the results of the investigation before we make any decisions about what we need to do."

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