The hoverboards involved in the recall included the Swagway X1 model, the Hovertrax from Razor, the Airwalk Self Balancing Electric Scooter, the iMoto, the Hype Roam, the Wheeli, 2Wheelz, Back to the Future, Mobile Tech, Hover Shark, NWS, X Glider and X Rider.Įarlier this year, the CPSC added another hoverboard manufacturer to its recall list – the Vecaro LifeStyle – naming the Glide65, Drift8, and Trek10 models specifically.Īccording to the advisory, which affects 500 products, the lithium-ion battery packs in the hoverboards “can overheat, posing a risk of smoking, catching fire and/or exploding.” In 2016, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalled over 500,000 hoverboards due to the lithium battery potentially overheating or catching fire. Shaka Crawford, Ashanti’s grandmother and the homeowner, had a severe warning for anyone who still has a hoverboard: “Get rid of them, get rid of them.” ![]() Firefighters said the fire spread quickly, “first to overstuffed furniture, then to curtains and everything else in the home, fueled by high winds.” Some of them were able to escape the burning house by jumping out of a window. The Harrisburg fire chief said the children “heard some sizzling and crackling in the hoverboard, and shortly thereafter it exploded in flames.” The LayZ Board hoverboard supposedly had only been plugged in for 15-20 minutes before the crackling started.Īshanti was trapped on the second floor of the house along with seven other people. Ten-year-old Savannah Dominick suffered burns over 95 percent of her body and died a week later. Two surviving children who were seriously injured with burns told officials that a plugged-in hoverboard exploded and caused the fire. In March, 2-year-old Ashanti Hughes was killed when a blazing fire ripped through a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania home. Not only are they defective products that are continuing to be recalled, they’re also still causing accidents. ![]() However, in the case of hoverboards and electric skateboards, the trend has hit a bit of a stumbling block for a different reason – it turned out to be dangerous.ĭid you buy a hoverboard or electric skateboard when they were all the rage? If you did, and you still have it, you should be concerned. ![]() Usually people simply get tired of them, or an old trend is replaced by a new trend. Think Tickle Me Elmo, Beanie Babies, Tamagotchis, Furbies – the list goes on and on.
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