Segway Owner Dies

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No, not the inventor of the Segway but the man who bought out the company about a year ago.

It was Jimi Heselden, a one-time laid-off coal miner turned self-made millionaire who had bought the Segway company only 10 months earlier. He apparently fell to his death while riding one of the sleek black-and-silver scooters. Authorities said Monday his body was found in the River Wharfe at the base of a 30-foot cliff.

Details remained sketchy - police say only that the death was not suspicious, meaning foul play is not suspected - but the incident seems certain to raise fresh questions about the safety of the Segway, which is banned on British motorways and in some U.S. cities because of safety concerns.

Source: Washington Post

I know this probably makes me a horrible person, but I had to snicker a little bit at the idea of the owner of Segway dying while riding one of his products too close to a cliff.