Horrifying moment 74-year-old woman is knocked down in road by two men on e-scooter hit & run as cops launch manhunt

THIS is the horrifying moment a 74-year-old is knocked down by an e-scooter in a cowardly hit-and-run.

Footage released by police shows two men in black riding an down an empty high street as a woman crosses in front of them.

Instead of swerving to avoid her, the riders stay on their course, hitting the elderly woman and leaving her badly injured before fleeing the scene.

Onlookers are seen chasing down the spineless duo before they merge onto a main road.

The horrific collision took place at around 10pm on July 15 in the Worthing town centre, Sussex.

are now renewing an appeal for information that may help the enquiry.

The men are described as being in their 20s, with the rider wearing a black T-shirt with white writing on it, dark trousers and shoes.

The pillion wore a black hooded top, trousers and sandals.

There’s been a sharp uptick in the number of e-scooter casualties in recent years, with 1,477 reported in 2025, compared to 484 in 2020.

Fewer than two per cent of riders injured in e-scooter accidents were wearing helmets, according to an NHS study.

It follows another , which left a 17-year-old fighting for her life after she and her friend crashed into a van.

Emergency services rushed to the scene at 1.20am on July 26, arresting the rider, also 17, on suspicion of dangerous driving, drug driving and driving without a licence.

Elsewhere in London, an outside Buckingham Palace on May 22.

Both the rider and victim were hospitalised in the collision, with cops cordoning off the scene.