Galway dad calls for mandatory helmets for e-scooters after son badly hurt in accident

A Galway father is calling for helmets to be made mandatory for e-scooter users after his son was badly injured in an accident. 

Tom Lynksey, who lives in Renmore, says his 16 year old made a trip to the local shop, and was initially wearing a helment. 

But after realising he had forgotten something, he travelled back - this time without a helment. 

He was travelling too fast and suffered a "speed wobble" which threw him off. 

He broke his collarbone and elbow, and hit his head, later suffering a seizure in an ambulance. 

Tom told Galway Talks he thought this son was going to die - but the whole ordeal has shown him that helmets are vitally important.