A man is fighting for his life in hospital after his e-scooter crashed with a taxi in Sydney's south this morning.

NSW Ambulance attended the scene of a e-scooter and taxi crash on Bay Street and The Grand Parade in Brighton Le Sands about 1am.

Paramedics freed the 40-year-old who was trapped underneath the taxi about 30 minutes after the incident.

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He was placed into an induced coma and flown to St George Hospital with serious head injuries.

Paramedics confirmed the man was not wearing a helmet while riding the e-scooter.

NSW Fire and Rescue superintendent Adam Dewberry said he was "gob-smacked" by the incident.

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"Anyone who is riding bikes, scooters, e-bikes… (helmets) are just that first line of protection," Dewberry said.

NSW Ambulance inspector Kay Armstrong said the man was lucky to be alive.

"These types of vehicles can travel quite quickly so wearing a helmet is incredibly important," she said.

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"Helmets protect your brain, we need to wear helmets when travelling on any type of vehicle."

The type of e-scooter the man was riding could reach speeds of up to 60 kilometres.

They are illegal to ride in NSW.

A pilot is fighting for life after a light plane crashed in Victoria's alpine region.

The small plane slammed into trees in the Mount Buffalo area, about one kilometre from where it set off at Porepunkah about 4.40am, according to police.

It's understood emergency services were not called to rescue the pilot, believed to be aged in his 50s, until about 11am.

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He was then rescued from the scene and treated by paramedics before been flown to the Alfred hospital in Melbourne with upper and lower body injuries.

It is believed he was the only person in the plane.

State Emergency Service (SES) Hume Region Duty Officer, Dan Walton said volunteers from the VICSES Bright unit worked together with police and the CFA to rescue the man.

Vision of the crash scene shows the plane extensively damaged and entangled in trees.

It is not known what caused the crash.

Mount Buffalo is a national park about about 300 kilometres north-east of Melbourne.

The crash has occurred two days after four people were killed after two helicopters collided on the Gold Coast, and also two days after two men were involved in a light plane crashed in regional NSW.

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More than a hundred South Australian partygoers scammed over a fake New Year's Eve cruise will receive a refund.

A luxury cruise promised partygoers the celebration of a lifetime to ring in the New Year, but it wasn't as glamorous as it sounded.

The event had been advertised on Facebook in early December promising a package deal for a luxury four-hour cruise including drinks, food and a DJ off Glenelg Beach.

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On December 31, 150 people lined up at Glenelg Wharf after paying $120 for tickets to the "NYE on the Bay Boat Party".

But after peering into the water and waiting for the promised party boat to arrive, the sinking feeling snuck in.

"Slowly as time went passed, there was more and more people arriving and no boat…which was obviously quite interesting," partygoer Jayden Clark said.

As they waited, Clark tried to contact the event organisers to find it had been taken down and the organiser's Facebook account was deactivated.

Attendees soon came to the devastating realisation they had been scammed.

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But in a silver lining for devastated partygoers, an Eventbrite spokesperson, the company through which tickets were booked, today confirmed all 150 people would receive a refund.

"All evidence we have right now points towards the conclusion that the advertised "NYE on the Bay Boat Party" in Glenelg was indeed a fraudulent event, and we are therefore refunding all attendees in full today," the spokesperson said.

"It can take 5-7 business days for those refunds to show in the attendees' accounts."

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The company also promised to amend their scam detection mechanisms to stay ahead of fraudulent events.

"We are cooperating with South Australia Police to support their investigation into the people behind this event," the spokesperson said.

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The Department of Transport has issued an urgent recall for thousands of Kia cars due to fears a fault in the vehicle's oil pump could increase the risk of a serious road accident.

The recall affects all Kia MQ4 Sorento cars made between 2020 and 2022.

Production variations may lead to a crack in the printed circuit board of the vehicle's transmission electric oil pump and cause it to fail, the recall states.

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"If the electric oil pump fails, hydraulic pressure will be lost and the vehicle may lose drive thereby increasing the risk of an accident resulting in serious injury or death to vehicle occupants and other road users," the statement reads.

Vehicle owners are being urged to immediately contact a Kia dealer to schedule an appointment to have the transmission software updated.

About 8,500 cars are affected by the recall.

A full list of vehicle identification numbers can be found here.

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