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Serve delivery robot collides with mobility scooter user in West Hollywood

S2 · 09/13
2025 · Serve Robotics · West Hollywood, CA, USA

Record

CompanyServe Robotics
Categorysidewalk delivery
Typecrash
Date09/13
2025
Time of daynot documented
LocationWest Hollywood, CA, USA
SeverityS2 (minor injury or single-unit damage)
Scale1 robot
Confidencemedium
VerificationCited source on file; not independently re-verified
SourceKTLA

What happened

A Serve Robotics delivery cart nearly struck a man with cerebral palsy using a mobility scooter near the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station, swerved into his path, then braked abruptly, jolting his scooter; no serious injury reported but raised accessibility/safety concerns.

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