The Segway scooter has claimed another victim at the MCG, clean bowling former Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy shortly before the third day of the first Test against India.
The Channel Nine commentator stepped off the front of the scooter after taking a ride around the MCG but it kept going and rode over the top of him.
It proceeded to chew up the turf before being brought under control.
The farcical incident followed yesterday's crash in which cameraman Joe Previtera ran into a helmet while filming the Australian team before play.
The cameraman was being interviewed by Channel Nine on Wednesday morning when Healy jumped on the scooter, completed a number of sweeping circuits on the ground, and took his own tumble.
Previtera became a minor celebrity over a decade ago for confessing to an infamous sledge that was picked up by a microphone.
His comment "can't bowl, can't throw" was directed at a struggling bowler during a Test match in Hobart but was widely blamed on Shane Warne.
Reuters
Tags: cricket, sport, offbeat, human-interest, melbourne-3000, australia, vic First posted December 28, 2011 12:44:35
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