Colorado Teen Charged After Running Over the Toe of a Classmate with Scooter

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A Colorado teen is being charged with three misdemeanor offenses for an incident that occured in the hallways of his Aurora high school. 17 year old Joshua Martinez, who rides in a scooter because he has a form of cerebral palsy, is being charged with assault, battery, and reckless endangerment. The charges stem from an incident that occurred in the hallways at Ridgeview High School. A female student at the school alleges that Martinez ran over her toe in between classes while passing in the school's hallway.

According to students and some school officials, Martinez has been noted for driving too fast in the hallways. 

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.

The name of the girl, who did not suffer any fractures or serious injury from the incident, cannot be disclosed due to her age.

Despite the reports of Martinez riding too fast through the hallways, I am hard-pressed to believe that this girl suffered any sort of physical or emotional injury as a result of the incident. Without one of these two factors, why would she press charges? Instead, she should have taken her complaint to a school administrator, who might have been able to issue a warning, or even suspend Martinez for repeated offenses. As there is no mandated speed at which to ride through the school, how can Martinez be charged?