Monday, September 27, 2010

Segway Inc. owner rides over cliff to his death

UK businessman Jimi Heselden, the man who believed in the Segway so much that he went ahead and bought the company, has died after reportedly driving a ruggedized version of the scooter off a cliff and into a river. He was found early on Sunday morning in the River Wharfe, having earlier been touring his estate in the personal transporter. The cause of the accident is not yet known. Mr. Heselden was 62 years old and, true to our geeky hearts, generated his fortune by coming up with an innovative design for wire cage walls that has since become standard equipment for NATO, American, and British forces. Our thoughts are with the good gent's family, and please, behave yourselves in comments.


sourceDaily Telegraph
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26 comments:

  1. richieSeptember 27, 2010 at 9:22 AM

    Poor fellow!
    it's ironic that he died on the tool that made him rich...

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  2. SirynSeptember 27, 2010 at 9:24 AM

    Very ironic. Poor guy..

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  3. happyreportingSeptember 27, 2010 at 9:56 AM

    Sad for him

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  4. ChaosReaperSeptember 27, 2010 at 10:19 AM

    Saw this in another blog.. Sad and ironic at the same time :S

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  5. Davey DavidsonSeptember 27, 2010 at 10:22 AM

    that sucks!

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  6. i_love_weedSeptember 27, 2010 at 10:23 AM

    very good...

    kill all segway drivers!!

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  7. Ze WreckerSeptember 27, 2010 at 11:19 AM

    That's terrible and awesome at the same time. More terrible than awesome, but still.

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  8. josefSeptember 27, 2010 at 11:30 AM

    lol'd

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  9. ToomSeptember 27, 2010 at 11:39 AM

    wow i agree with ze wrecker.

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  10. RandomComplaintsIncSeptember 27, 2010 at 11:44 AM

    Lol, Thats awful man.

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  11. kurinaSeptember 27, 2010 at 12:01 PM

    Too bad!

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2010 at 12:23 PM

    Sometimes death is freakin funny

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  13. RAiNИiAЯSeptember 27, 2010 at 12:23 PM

    Oh good lord lol

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  14. KFurghenSeptember 27, 2010 at 12:59 PM

    poor gent. i do hope he had a helmet on.

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  15. Ken Block fanpage and auto blogSeptember 27, 2010 at 1:06 PM

    people still buy those things??

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  16. UnknownSeptember 27, 2010 at 2:11 PM

    How ironic...it's almost like he did it purposely that way for a last bought of attention. Very sad though.

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  17. FrankSeptember 27, 2010 at 2:29 PM

    Dude, Segways are super awesome... Thanks for posting this (NOT) now I want one again and the bitches are expensive...

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  18. NinjaZombieSeptember 27, 2010 at 2:40 PM

    "Into a river" may have been overkill though.

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  19. Jack AndersonSeptember 27, 2010 at 2:44 PM

    I wish i had a segway...

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  20. UnknownSeptember 27, 2010 at 2:59 PM

    That's... uhh, ironic. I guess he forgot to jump off?

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  21. JadedTechieSeptember 27, 2010 at 3:04 PM

    First Segway fatality? That sure took awhile! Now their safety record isn't so squeaky clean

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  22. Data FoxSeptember 27, 2010 at 3:09 PM

    Pretty sweet way to go. Give him a darwin award.

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  23. Supa DupaSeptember 27, 2010 at 3:09 PM

    wow i hate segways

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  24. Electronics BlogSeptember 27, 2010 at 4:07 PM

    the irony of life

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  25. Dr. CoolMoneySeptember 27, 2010 at 6:23 PM

    haha oh the irony

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  26. JakeNBakeSeptember 27, 2010 at 10:21 PM

    Dude totally deserves the Darwin Award, just like Data Fox said

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