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Segway UK Boss Dies After Driving Off Cliff

Posted by samzenpus on from the dead-mans-curve dept.

necro81 writes "Jimi Heselden, the British multi-millionaire defense contractor and philanthropist, who bought the Segway company last December from inventor Dean Kamen, died yesterday after an accident while riding one of the machines. While using a ruggedized X2 version of the two-wheeled balancing scooter at his estate in North Yorkshire, he apparently drove over the edge of a precipice and into the River Wharfe. He was found later by a passerby and declared dead on the scene."

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  1. Wached out Sports by deodiaus2 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I guess he won't be show on "Wacked Out Sports" next to the guy who tries a jump and almost has a 800lb snowmobile come crashing down on him.