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Segway Scooter Involved In SF Hit And Run
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(AP)Nov. 19 (ABC7) ¡ª There was a bizarre hit and run that took place in San Francisco on Tuesday between a 3-year-old girl and a Segway. It may be the first accident of it's kind locally involving the motorized scooter which happens to be banned on city sidewalks. ABC7's Jim Wieder reports supervisors aren't happy to hear the suspect got away.
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Three-year-old Ruby Bleskacek sustained cuts, bruises and a nasty bump on her head.
Police say this could be the Bay Area's first injury accident by a Segway, known as a high-tech people mover. In 2002, Willie Brown and company helped usher them into San Francisco.
The child was walking outside her father's Potrero Hill store on Tuesday when a Segway ran her down. Witnesses say it was traveling about 10 miles per hour.
Joel Bleskacek, father: "I was quite angry and I confronted him. I asked him why he was driving so fast during the crowded lunch hour on the sidewalk. He claimed my daughter jumped in front of him."
The man fled the scene on his Segway. Police think he lives in the neighborhood.
DeWayne Tully, S.F. Police Dept.: "It could coneivably be thought of as a hit and run. This is something I'm not sure of at the moment. This is something our investigators will try to determine."
News of the hit and run reached City Hall and angered Sophie Maxwell. Last year, the supervisor voted to ban Segways on sidewalks.
Sophie Maxwell, S.F. supervisor: "This just reiterates our concerns and our fears that this is exactly what can happen."
The SFPD says it expects to be able to quickly track down the suspect by contacting the Segway company, and obtaining a list of San Francisco Segway owners.
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