A mother in Kerry, who thought her son had died after he was hit by an e-scooter, has called for a ban on people under the age of 21 using them. 

Chloe Palmer’s son Nathan is six-years-old and was recently hit by an e-scooter while out riding his bike around their estate. 

By the time Ms Palmer reached him, he was already “out cold” on the ground. 

“He was just looking up,  he wasn't moving, he wasn't talking or not,” she told Lunchtime Live. 

“His eyes were just open, just lying down. 

“I thought he was dead.” 

After he heard his parents roaring at him, Ms Palmer recalled that her son “jumped” but then quickly lost consciousness.

A first responder lives on their estate and she came out straight away and stayed with him until the ambulance arrived. 

“He got his CT scan,” she said. 

“He got his X-rays for his mouth and everything; we waited in an hour for his X-rays to come back. 

“The CT came back and they said he has a fractured skull.

“The only thing that saved him was the bike, they said, that he was on his bike - the bike took the impact off the e-scooter.” 

Doctors believe Nathan will make a full recovery but he will have further medical appointments and has to spend the summer being extremely careful not to fall or bang his head. 

Amid an increase in the number of children being hospitalised for using e-scooters, the Government has announced that under 18s will be banned from using them. 

“I've seen so many posts of people being injured, people being killed by scamblers and by e-scooters,” Ms Palmer said. 

“There were so many accidents happening and I've seen Dublin that it has risen up to 50% for young people going into [hospital] with head injuries during the summer.

“I never thought it'd be my own child getting hurt by it.”

Ms Palmer added that she believes 18 is still too young to use an e-scooter. 

“I really think they should have put it up to 21 years instead of 18 years,” she said. 

“Because they're still young on them.”

Main image: Natha. Image: Supplied.