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Posted on 09-27-10 08:28:11 PM Link | Quote
Segway Inc. owner rides over cliff to his death

Originally posted by engadget.com
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.


At first I thought the story was referring to the Segway inventor, Dean Kamen, but then I read further that it was the man who loved Segways so much that he bought the company. Not any less tragic for the loss of life, though.

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I guess the Segway segued him to his death.

*Horrible pun*

Seriously--I guess it's good he died doing what he loved, instead of by horrible disease, but those things just don't seem safe enough to drive around trails on.

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Posted on 09-27-10 10:20:54 PM (last edited by Zero One at 09-27-10 07:21 PM) Link | Quote
It looks like this man...
*shades*
...reached the end of the road.

YEAAAAHHHH!!!

Well, he went out happy, at least.

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Posted on 09-30-10 01:40:26 AM Link | Quote
If it was the inventor of the Segway, the irony of the situation would be even crueler. Sad, but true.

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