Aug 11, 01:20 PM

UK Backpacker Admits to Fatal Drunk E-Scooter Crash in Perth

Alicia Kemp, a 25-year-old British backpacker from Redditch, Worcestershire, pleaded guilty in Perth Magistrates Court on Monday to dangerous driving causing death while under the influence of alcohol. Prosecutors said Kemp’s blood-alcohol content was 0.158—more than three times Western Australia’s legal limit of 0.05—when she struck pedestrian Thanh Phan on 31 May while riding a rented electric scooter with a passenger on board. Phan, a 51-year-old structural engineer, suffered a fatal brain bleed and became the first pedestrian in Western Australia to die in an e-scooter incident. Kemp’s passenger sustained serious head injuries but survived. The offence carries a maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment; a secondary charge of causing bodily harm to the passenger was dropped. Kemp, who remains in custody, is due back in court on 31 October for sentencing submissions. The fatal collision has prompted Perth and other local governments to suspend e-scooter hire schemes and review safety rules that already require riders to wear helmets, stay sober and avoid carrying passengers.

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