KITTERY, MAINE—
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Struck bump, hole, or rough terrain in road surface · Fractures
Final narrative
On 6/25/15, at 10:30 a.m., an employee was riding her personal Segway on a street at the Navy base. While between buildings, she hit a dip or pothole in the roadway and lost control of her vehicle. She crashed her vehicle and was hospitalized overnight for a hip area fracture.
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