French Quarter: -- A woman who was riding a scooter in French Quarter was hit off her machine as she tried to overtake a car. The rider had to be taken to the Louis Constant Fleming Hospital. Several bystanders that witnessed the accident gathered at the scene and had to be controlled by the gendarmes. The accident occurred next to the entrance of the French Quarter Clinic and Pharmacy. According to bystanders the rider attempted to over take the car that was about to turn in the entrance leading to the pharmacy when she collided with the car. A press release from the gendarmes confirmed the accident, no details on the victim’s condition was not released up to press time.