Owner Of Segway Company Dies

[News Hound]

Owner Of Segway Company Dies After Riding Segway x2 Off a Cliff

Jim Heselden, who bought the Segway scooter company from Dean Kamen in 2009, was found dead yesterday morning on his British estate. Heselden was at the bottom of a cliff with a Segway x2 scooter nearby; a police spokesperson told the Telegraph that Heselden had “fallen from the cliffs above on a Segway” and that foul play was not suspected.

[Eric Renderking Fisk]

Oh, the irony.

[DanielJones]

"What do you mean you forgot to put on the anti-gravity unit George?". His last words were, "Hey y'all, watch this!".

Yes, sad indeed, but you cannot help but laugh at the irony. I think this one is a prime candidate for The Darwin Awards. What do you think?

Cheers!

Dan

[Major Eaton]

Anyone see the map of where the accident happened? It's a small shire on the bend of a river. 'Cliff'...is used very loosely. Reports cite it was a 30' slide, into the river.

I do not want to make light of this:

"Mr Heselden made his fortune when his Leeds-based firm Hesco Bastion developed the "blast wall" basket, which protect soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq, as a replacement for traditional sandbags.
... {edit} Originally specialising in sandblasting, he came up with a concertina design for wire cage walls in 1990 and the business grew rapidly.

He had a long history of supporting good causes in his home city, but had been reluctant to talk to the media about his charity work.

However, with many charities seeing a downturn in donations as the hang-over from the recession continues to bite, he was persuaded last month to go public with his latest donation in the hope of persuading others to do the same. He had just written his latest £10m cheque to the Leeds Community Foundation, which channels money into disadvantaged areas.

He was 62. And a noble man.

I say, check his lungs for water.