Segway, Inc., Owner Dies In Segway Accident, Plunges Off Cliff Into River & Drowns

[Bucky]

Jimi Heselden, Owner Of Segway Inc., Dies In Segway Accident

Multi-millionaire Jimi Heselden, the owner of Segway Inc. since December 2009, has died after reportedly driving a Segway scooter off a cliff and into a river.

The fatal accident allegedly occurred at Heselden's West Yorkshire estate, according to the Daily Mail. He was "using one of the machines--which use gyroscopes to remain upright and are controlled by the direction in which the rider leans--to inspect the grounds of his property," writes the Daily Mail. "A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said today: 'Police were called at 11.40am yesterday to reports of a man in the River Wharfe, apparently having fallen from the cliffs above.'"

Police told the Telegraph that a "Segway-style vehicle" was recovered at the scene of the accident.






Goddammit, it's not polite to laugh, people

[zanana1]

1. There's a moral in this somewhere...

But I really can't find it.

[kayakjohnny]

2. Irony aside, he seemed like a decent human being.

Seems like he gave tons of money back into the township there.

RIP Mr. Heselden. You are OK in my book.

[datasuspect]

3. i feel so awful, but my first reaction was to laugh

gawwd i am so terrible.

[elocs]

4. He sounded like a good man to me:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Heselden

Philanthropy

In 2008 Heselden donated £1.5 million to the Help For Heroes fund through a charity auction bid for nine people to fly with the Red Arrows.<3><7> and in the same year set up the Leeds Community Foundation in his home city with a £10 million donation. A further £3 million was added to the foundation in 2009 and an additional £10 million in 2010.<3> Until recently, he had been particularly reticent about his charity work.<7>

“There are people out there who are making money and when times are good I honestly believe people have a moral obligation to use their wealth to help others.”

—Jimi Heselden

[cwydro]

5. You'd think the fall woulda killed him!

Anybody remember Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? When they are about to jump off the cliff and Sundance says...HEY I CAN"T SWIM and Butch says, hell you don't need to swim, the fall will kill ya!

That all being said. Still seems sad.

[Generic Brad]

6. He was highly skilled at driving a Segway

Stopping - not so much.