AURORA — A high school student who uses an electric wheelchair faces three misdemeanor charges for allegedly running over the toe of another student at school.
Joshua Martinez told television station KDVR-TV Wednesday that he received a summons alleging assault, battery, and reckless endangerment for the incident at Rangeview High School.
Martinez said he does not remember the incident. Aurora police could not immediately provide additional information. A spokeswoman for Aurora Public Schools said she could not comment, citing student privacy.
A police report obtained by the station quotes a school resource officer as saying Martinez sometimes had been reckless in operating his electric wheelchair, zipping around corners without slowing.
Martinez told the station he uses the wheelchair, which resembles a mobility scooter, because of a form of cerebral palsy.
He said does not go around purposely running over people.
