Scooters have become very popular

The spokesman said: "Fife Police have confirmed that Alyshia Balfour, the nine-year-old Kirkcaldy schoolgirl involved in a collision while out playing on July 3, has sadly died as a result of her injuries.

"Alyshia was injured near to her home in Kirkcaldy's Valley Gardens."

At the end of last year, a coroner in England issued a warning about the safety of scooters at the inquest of a child killed on a busy road.

Arron Jennings, aged nine, sustained massive head injuries after colliding with a taxi near his home in Anfield in Liverpool.

Coroner Andre Rebello told Arron's mother, Karen Coppell, that her son's death should not be in vain.

He said scooters were toys and not intended to be used on the highway.

Mr Robello added that while adults were able to use the light aluminium scooters safely on the highway, he was not convinced they were suitable for children.