Emergency services were on scene at 1st Avenue and Warren Street after a skateboarder was struck by a vehicle. (Submitted photo)

Skateboarder ‘bumped’ by vehicle on 1st Avenue

Emergency services personnel say the skateboarder is uninjured

  • Jan. 14, 2021 12:00 a.m.

A pedestrian on a skateboard was struck by a vehicle on 1st Avenue and Warren Street.

The collision occurred around 4:20 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 14. Emergency services personnel say the skateboarder is uninjured.

The skateboarder said he was ‘bumped’ by a vehicle, and was ‘fine’. He said he was thankful that he knew how to fall, and that he felt more concerned for the driver who bumped him.

Crews cleared the scene and traffic flows on 1st Avenue have resumed.

Ladysmith Chronicle