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New Jersey cyclist sues after delivery robot 'hit-and-run' leaves him with broken shoulder, head injury

S4 · 10/22
2025 · Serve Robotics · NJ, USA

Record

CompanyServe Robotics
Categorysidewalk delivery
Typeinjury
Date10/22
2025
Time of daynot documented
LocationNJ, USA
SeverityS4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding)
Scale-
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceNews12 New Jersey / Newsweek / NJ.com

What happened

A cyclist in New Jersey suffered a broken shoulder and head injury after being struck by a delivery robot that allegedly fled the scene; he is suing.

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