Segway Owner Dies in Freak Segway Accident

[JMcEntegart]

The owner of Segway, Jimi Heselden, has died after riding his X2 Segway scooter off of a cliff.

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[Lewis57]

How fast do those things go, I hardly believe he didn't have time to react or step off it.

+1 for Darwin award.

 

[qwerty45]

ironic huh

 

[Trialsking]

[citation][nom]Lewis57[/nom]How fast do those things go, I hardly believe he didn't have time to react or step off it. +1 for Darwin award.[/citation]

At his age he probably already has children so he is disqualified from the Darwin Awards

 

[coleipoo]

Wow, that is sad.

Next thing you know Steve Jobs will die from an exploding iPad.

 

[sliem]

Do not drink and segway.
RIP.

 

[senkasaw]

This is the very reason I do laps everyday at the pool...just in case I drive my segway off a cliff.

 

[samdsox]

wtf? how do you fall off a cliff on a segway?

 

[meat81]

He is an older guy, i dont think his reflexes were that quick. Probably wanted to either save his segway or the cliff came up very abruptly.

 

[dasper]

Well when you hype your product as something that will "revolutionize the way cities are built" and then your product only slightly appeals to a small audience I can see them accidentally riding the product off a cliff. I really hope that is not the case but I do find it hard to believe you could not jump off a Segway if its about to go over a cliff.

 

[elcentral]

his fine still going steady under water

 

[robwright]

....and...cue the inveitable and predictable mainstream media response with alarmist headlines:

"SEGWAY COMPANY OWNER KILLED IN SEGWAY ACCIDENT: ARE SEGWAYS SAFE?"

"REGULATORS SAY MOTORCYCLE HELMET LAWS SHOULD INCLUDE SEGWAYS"

"FAMILY MEMBERS WARNED HESELDEN NOT TO SCOOT NEAR CLIFFS"

"DID THE STUXNET VIRUS CAUSE HESELDEN'S SEGWAY TO MALFUNCTION?"

and finally...

"FIVE REASONS A SEGWAY IS MORE ACCIDENT PRONE THAN A UNICYCLE"

 

[Guest]

sounds like a suicide

 

[banthracis]

Wait, Dean Kamen sold Segway?

why? >.<

 

[vic20]

Fake quote of the day maybe?

"And here I will personally demonstrate the new edge detection safety feature of Segway..."
"uh.. sir, that feature hasn't even started Beta yet.."
"Shush now you! Sill who needs engineers, we need PIONEERS!!....."

 

[tuc0]

he made his fortune starting hesco bastian http://www.hesco.com/

local news says he was on his quad bike on his own land and drove in to the river. prolly had a heart attack

 

[wawa sxm]

yeah that was a surprise i didnt know he sold the company....does segway included that weelchair that can go up and down steps?

 

[tallpaul02]

you laugh, you fail

 

[HavoCnMe]

Which way? Segway!

 

[DM0407]

Toyota developed the throttle?