A Peloton exercise bike is at the center of a new lawsuit that alleges a user was killed after trying to use to the bike as leverage to pull himself up from the ground.
The suit claims that the high-end fitness company failed to test or adequately inspect the bike's "warnings to ensure that it was reasonably safe and suitable for its intended purpose and use so as to ensure that it was not unreasonably dangerous under foreseeable circumstances – including the risk of related personal injury from continuously stretching on the bike during workouts, causing the Bike to destabilize and fall, causing injury to the user.
This marks the first known fatality that is allegedly tied to one of Peloton's bikes. However, it is not the first death that has been caused by its equipment. In May 2021, the company recalled its Tread+ treadmill after athe rear of the machine and killed, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission .
The company also received 72 reports of adult users, children, pets and/or objects being pulled under the rear of the treadmill, including 29 injured, the CPSC reported. Then-CEO John Foley called the child's death a "tragic accident."
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