All Onewheel electric skateboards are under recall after 4 deaths and serious injury reports


All models of Onewheel self-balancing electric skateboards are under recall after at least four deaths and multiple injuries were reported in recent years, federal regulators said last week. — AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File

NEW YORK: All models of Onewheel self-balancing electric skateboards are under recall after at least four deaths and multiple injuries were reported in recent years, federal regulators said last week.

The 300,000 now-recalled skateboards, manufactured by the California-based Future Motion, can stop balancing a rider if the boards' limits are exceeded – which risks serious crashes, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said.

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