E-scooters have been on our radar as of late and unfortunately, not for good reasons at all.

Just on Thursday, Nov. 30, a man died after what looks like a high-impact collision with a double-decker bus:

And twice in November, we saw e-scooters going where they definitely shouldn't be:

The string of unfortunate, and in a couple of cases decidedly annoying, events, however, doesn't end there.

Cat apparently hit by e-scooter

In a comment initially posted on a Facebook post about the fatal e-scooter accident on Thursday, a sales promoter, who wanted to be known as Lam, posted a picture of a critically-injured cat, claiming it was run over by an e-scooter.

Speaking to Mothership on Friday, Lam said he and his friends were approached for help by a couple of teenagers at Lorong 2 Toa Payoh on Monday, Nov. 27, between 6 and 7pm.

He said they were led to a nearby void deck, where they found an almost lifeless female domestic shorthair who was bleeding from her hips.

According to the teenagers who approached Lam, another group of youngsters on e-scooters had run over the feline and dashed off.

Lam said he then brought the injured kitty home for the night as the vet clinics he knew of were closed for the day.

In the following video Lam shared with Mothership, the cat can be seen breathing heavily, ostensibly from the trauma it suffered from its injuries:

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Ruptured internal organs

When Lam brought the cat over to a vet the following day, he was informed that the feline was in critical condition — her kidneys and bladder were ruptured, rendering her unable to defecate normally.

He added that the vet advised she be put down as she would not be able to make a 100 per cent recovery.

However, we understand that the cat is still under the care of the clinic at the time of writing this.

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Should there be tighter regulations for e-scooters?

While the identities of the alleged perpetrators of this heinous cruelty are not known, Lam said the teenage witnesses described the reckless e-scooter riders as "a gang of kids".

At the moment, there is no minimum age for e-scooter riders.

However, there is a speed limit and restricted usage for these personal mobility aids that was implemented by the Land Transport Authority in Jan. 2017:

Those caught riding their e-scooters recklessly or causing injury can be fined up to S$5,000, or imprisoned, or both.

Top photo courtesy of S. Lam