Man, 21, arrested after allegedly repeatedly attacking 82yo in Melbourne while riding e-scooter

Police investigating an alleged assault on a pensioner who challenged the speed of an e-scooter rider have made a breakthrough.

The 82-year-old man was hospitalised on July 6 following the alleged vicious assault in the Melbourne suburb of Ferntree Gully.

It is alleged that an e-scooter rider verbally abused the elderly man, who had asked him to slow down, on the Blind Creek Trail before pushing him down a number of times and fleeing.

It is further alleged the elderly man was assaulted a second time by the same rider in Rankin Rd.

The victim was left shaken by the incident and had to be taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

On Wednesday, Victoria Police said they had arrested a 21-year-old man at an address in Scoresby.

Originally published as Man, 21, arrested after allegedly repeatedly attacking 82yo in Melbourne while riding e-scooter