Hoverboards Turn Out To Be a Personal Injury Risk
Hoverboards were going to be the next “big thing” and they started out that way until parents discovered the personal injury risk they cause. After their initial popularity as Christmas gifts in 2015, emergency rooms, specialists and urgent care centers were inundated with people who had experienced hoverboard injuries after falling off of one. One specialist at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson University Hospital described the situation as “…a hoverboard epidemic…can’t recall seeing anything like it.” The most common injury treated was fractures to hands, wrists, arms, knees and ankles. By the end of December, 2015 the government had recorded 70 injuries related to hoverboard accidents with many more happening shortly afterward. The injuries seem to be affecting people of all ages from kids to people in their 50s.
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