Caught on video: Delivery robot collides with man with cerebral palsy on mobility scooter in West Hollywood

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KABC) — Video footage shows a man with cerebral palsy being repeatedly hit by a delivery robot as he’s riding his mobility scooter on a sidewalk in West Hollywood.

The man said the robot blocked him and cut him off as he was trying to pass on Sept. 12.

“I encountered a delivery robot that was an acting erratically,” Mark Chaney told the media company Storyful. “The robot kept blocking me from passing and when I did finally pass it cut me off and then stopped casing my scooter to hit the back of the bot and then it backed into me.”

In an update posted to Instagram, Chaney said he’s been in contact with the company that owns the robot, Serve Robotics.

“”I am hopeful this can be resolved with reparation and change for me and others,” Chaney wrote in the comments section of his video. “This could be a safety issue for people with mobility aids, disabilities or even someone walking on the street.”