A Serve Robotics delivery robot collided with a man with cerebral palsy riding a mobility scooter on a sidewalk near the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station, causing his scooter to jolt backward.
- Date of incident
- 2025-09-13
- Location
- West Hollywood, California, USA
- Sources
- 7
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How the event developed
- 2025-09-21Report
A Serve Robotics delivery robot blocked and then collided with a person-Gay, a West Hollywood man with cerebral palsy riding a mobility scooter, on a sidewalk; Chaney-Gay reported no physical injury but raised safety and accessibility concerns.
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- ktla.comA Serve Robotics delivery robot collided with Mark Chaney, a man with cerebral palsy riding a mobility scooter, on a sidewalk near the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station, causing his scooter to jolt backward.2025-09-20copy 2026-10-12tier 2
- cbsnews.comA Serve Robotics delivery robot blocked and then collided with Mark Chaney-Gay, a West Hollywood man with cerebral palsy riding a mobility scooter, on a sidewalk; Chaney-Gay reported no physical injury but raised safety and accessibility concerns.2025-09-21copy 2026-10-12tier 1
- abc7.comA Serve Robotics delivery robot repeatedly blocked and then collided with Mark Chaney, a man with cerebral palsy riding a mobility scooter, on a sidewalk in West Hollywood.2025-09-22copy 2026-10-12tier 2
- foxbusiness.comA Serve Robotics food delivery robot repeatedly collided with the mobility scooter of Mark Chaney, a man with cerebral palsy, on a street in West Hollywood on September 12, 2025.2025-09-22copy 2026-10-12tier 2
- aol.comA Serve Robotics autonomous delivery robot moving erratically on a Los Angeles sidewalk made contact with Mark Chaney, a man with cerebral palsy using a mobility scooter, causing him pain and prompting concerns about delivery robot accessibility for people with disabilities.2025-09-24copy 2026-10-27tier 2
- latimes.comA Serve Robotics delivery robot repeatedly blocked the path of Mark Chaney, a disability advocate with cerebral palsy on a mobility scooter, before braking suddenly and causing a collision on a West Hollywood sidewalk; Chaney reported his scooter has been malfunctioning since the incident.2025-09-25copy 2026-10-13tier 2
- wehoonline.comA Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery robot repeatedly blocked and then collided with Mark Chaney-Gay's mobility scooter near the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station on Santa Monica Boulevard last September (referenced as a prior viral incident in an article published March 2026).2026-03-11copy 2026-10-12tier 2
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