A pensioner from Yekaterinburg has taken legal action for non-pecuniary damages against the parents of a teenager who collided with him on a scooter, a case confirmed by the district attorney’s office.
The incident happened on Wilhelm de Gennin Street in October 2022. A young scooter rider struck a local resident, causing serious injuries that affected the pensioner’s health and daily life.
The outcome details a combined injury to the pensioner’s upper limbs. He sustained a displaced fracture of the right humerus, a fracture of the fifth metacarpal, and a fracture at the head of the fourth metacarpal. The case file also reports a fracture of the fifth finger’s phalanx on the left hand and fragmentation injuries that required medical attention.
Since the collision, the 1952-born man has undergone two surgeries and has needed ongoing supervision and care for an extended period. He has not yet been able to return to his normal lifestyle. He filed the lawsuit against the scooter rider’s legal representatives, seeking compensation for physical and emotional distress. The proceedings concluded with an agreement in which the teenager’s parents agreed to pay the pensioner 440 thousand rubles to address the suffering endured as a result of the incident.
In a related report from Chelyabinsk, a separate accident involving a child on a scooter resulted in injuries to a woman’s arm and leg. The broader pattern of scooter-related injuries underscores the potential for serious harm when young riders operate motorized devices in public spaces. [Source: local reporting, attribution]