A Windsor, Ont. girl is sharing her cautionary tale whereas warning others to put on a helmet after falling off an e-scooter final month.
Kim Klyn says it occurred on Bridge Avenue, only a block away from the place she and her daughter had been ending their first Bird Scooter trip collectively.
“We were almost home, five houses away and I hit something in the road,” she says.
Klyn says she was thrown airborne, touchdown on her head, knocking her unconscious earlier than paramedics introduced her to the hospital.
“I do remember vaguely hearing the people over surrounding me when I was coming to saying she wasn’t even going fast,” she recollects.
The academic assistant continued, “I didn’t suffer any broken bones. I didn’t even have any fractures or sprains, considering I was completely unarmored when I landed in the middle of Bridge Avenue.”
According to Klyn, medical doctors mentioned there have been no everlasting accidents, nonetheless the 58-year-old says she was identified with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and nonetheless suffers from a slight ache in her ear, which medical doctors proceed to watch.
Klyn explains that she feels fortunate her accidents weren’t worse, noting numbness and extreme complications subsided after a couple of week.
“I have to abstain from driving for a while. I am still dealing with extreme vertigo. I’m not able to go back to work now till November safely,” she says. “So, I missed the first day of school so I’m sad about that. But, you know it’s a lesson learned and it could have been worse.”
In an e mail assertion to CTV News Windsor, Bird Canada CEO Stewart Lyons mentioned, “Safety is at the heart of everything we do at Bird Canada.”
Lyons defined that free helmets can be found for supply by way of the Bird Canada app, noting helmets are “extremely helpful” in offering a secure driving expertise.
The assertion added, “Before any user can even take their first ride, they must review and acknowledge that they’ve read and understood all the safety information about our vehicles so that they’re able to ride safely and properly. We further remind riders regarding safe riding behaviour during every subsequent ride, and through our social media channels, our app and the e-scooters themselves, which are deliberately adorned with safety information.”
Klyn informed CTV News Windsor she plans to get on the scooter once more along with her helmet strapped on tight, saying, “At first I was a little nervous, but it really is easy to navigate. They’re not difficult.”
However, she has a ultimate message for anybody concerned with hopping aboard an e-scooter.
“Wear your helmet,” she says. “That’s the thing I can emphasize the most. I was very lucky.”