Australian boy knocked unconscious riding hoverboard on Christmas Day


A boy in Australia is one of the first victims of the electric hoverboard — the Christmas item that is driving authorities up the wall.
On Dec. 25, a 16-year-old boy was knocked unconscious while attempting to ride his new toy on Sydney’s northern beaches, according to Australian Associated Press. The run-in with the hoverboard gave the boy’s family “a scare.”
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It was believed the boy had a serious head injury, so he was rushed by ambulance to a Careflight helicopter. He began to recover on arrival, and was instead transferred to a local hospital in the ambulance Read more…
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