Onewheel skateboards linked to 4 deaths, feds say

Commuters and thrill seekers should stay off Onewheel electric skateboards because the products can eject riders, causing serious injury and death, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

At least four people have died from traumatic head injuries after falling from the self-balancing boards made by Santa Cruz, California-based Future Motion, the agency stated in urging consumers to immediately stop using all six models made by the company. Those include Onewheel, Onewheel+, Onewheel+ XR, Onewheel Pint, Onewheel Pint X and Onewheel GT. 

The fatalities, along with other incidents resulting in traumatic brain injury, concussion, paralysis, fractures and ligament damage, were found to have occurred between 2019 and 2021, according to the CPSC. Onewheel products can suddenly stop while in motion, throwing their rides off the machines, the agency said.