[TexRef]

Segway hits bump in its progress

	Andy Kjellgren / Special A member of the Ambassador Force is treated for his injuries after an accident on his Segway Thursday night.

The heralded Segway has claimed its first Atlanta victim. A member of the Central Atlanta Progress Ambassador Force toppled from one of the personal scooters on Cone Street near Luckie Street about 8:40 p.m. Thursday.

The officer, whose name was not released, injured his knee going up a driveway onto the sidewalk, said Atlanta Police Sgt. Michael Giugliano. He was taken to Grady Hospital.

Atlanta is one of the first cities to buy into the concept of using the Segway scooters, manufactured out of Manchester, N.H., for use by city employees.

Six of the 65-pound Segway scooters were lent to the Atlanta police for 60 days in late April by the company that are promoting them. Ten more of the machines were purchased for $9,000 each by the city's Ambassador Force, Central Atlanta Progress and Georgia Power, according to Atlanta Regional Commission spokeswoman Julie Ralston.

[SamAdams76]

Ouch!

[RobFromGa]

Ten more of the machines were purchased for $9,000 each by the city's Ambassador Force,

They could have got them for $4950 each at Amazon for a quantity of 1. For Ten, you would have figured maybe a 10% discount.

Oh, I forgot, it wasn't their money they were spending. It was ours.

[husky ed]

The headline should have read Segway's First Product Liability Lawsuit