Plenty of people opened up a gift to find a hoverboard this year. A hearty chunk of that group has already crashed them. Combining an already combustible gimmick-toy with a day filled with alcoholic beverages and familial angst is a recipe for wiping out.
Be safe out there.
Cousin got a hover board for xmas, my aunt tried it, fell, broke her wrist and is now at the hospital and needs surgery. #MerryChristmas
— Mikaela Wall (@Walll_iE) December 25, 2015
I was sent to the hospital today after riding a hover board ??
— ❁alyssa chamberlain❁ (@bugaroo4) December 26, 2015
Merry Xmas to u all. Partic my son Max now in hospital in Adelaide having smashed wrist after fall from #hoverboard #yulegetbetter
— Jon Sopel (@BBCJonSopel) December 25, 2015
sos just fell of the hover board. might have a minor concussion & a few broken fingers 🙂
— kasyn. (@kasyn_armstrong) December 26, 2015
My sister is already in the hospital bc she was going too fast on her hoverboard and might have broken her wrist
— Kierstin Weaver (@Kierstin_Weaver) December 25, 2015
guess who just fell off a hover board and may have broken their wrist:((((
— kell (@kellyy_araujo) December 25, 2015
Seriously fucked up my elbow wiping out on my brother’s hoverboard last night… Not broken but painful and badly bruised. #klutz #ouch
— Ramona Peel (@DKSB17) December 22, 2015
I almost broke my foot and vases trying to ride a friggen hover board… Ouch
— Mads✨ (@babymaddy_) December 25, 2015
Just crashed my hoverboard and think I broke my elbow and my knee???
— •ку• (@kymckinney) December 25, 2015
My cousin crashed my hover board and it’s all scuffed up plz someone tell me it’s going to be okay Bc I’m livid
— Cheer Opinions (@Cheeropinionss) December 25, 2015
My dad already fuckin crashed the hoverboard and took a chunk out of the wall?????
— Anthony Ramirez (@aramirez0095) December 25, 2015
Well crashed my hover board. It’s ok but it messed up my toe pretty badly
— Mason Emmel (@Mason_LD) December 25, 2015
I crashed my nephews hoverboard last night and hit my head. Today I feel like a 300 lb woman fought me after a night of drinking whiskey.
— ❁ (@HellNChanel) December 25, 2015
I crashed my hoverboard atleast 5 times and ive had it for about 5 hours
— Mr.Xanax (@HighLuxury508) December 25, 2015
My cousin crashed into the dining room table on my brothers hover board merry Christmas
— G (@gen_amabile) December 25, 2015
i was on my hoverboard & crashed so a piece of it came off ? my dad’s gunna kill me ?
— jackie (@jacckiee7) December 25, 2015
Just crashed on my hoverboard aw
— kate (@kudoskkate) December 26, 2015
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