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Segway company owner rides scooter off a cliff
UK exec, who bought firm a year ago, dies in accident near his estate
Jim Heselden died Sunday in freak accident after riding a Segway off a cliff
A British businessman who bought the Segway company less than a year ago died after riding one of the scooters off a cliff and into a river near his Yorkshire estate.
Jim Heselden acquired the Segway company from its U.S. inventor Dean Kamen in December 2009.
According to the British media, Heselden, 62, plunged into the River Wharfe while riding a rugged country version of the two-wheeled transporter on Sunday.
Police said a witness had reported seeing a man fall over a 30-foot drop into the river near Boston Spa, 140 miles north of London.
"Police were called at 11.40 a.m. yesterday to reports of a man in the River Wharfe, apparently having fallen from the cliffs above," a spokesman told The Daily Mail.
A Segway was recovered from the scene. "At this time we do not believe the death to be suspicious," the spokesman added.
The battery-powered scooter is stabilized by gyroscopes.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39377851/ns/world_news-europe/
Reminds me of the Price is Right Game.
Cliff Hangers
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UK exec, who bought firm a year ago, dies in accident near his estate
Jim Heselden died Sunday in freak accident after riding a Segway off a cliff
A British businessman who bought the Segway company less than a year ago died after riding one of the scooters off a cliff and into a river near his Yorkshire estate.
Jim Heselden acquired the Segway company from its U.S. inventor Dean Kamen in December 2009.
According to the British media, Heselden, 62, plunged into the River Wharfe while riding a rugged country version of the two-wheeled transporter on Sunday.
Police said a witness had reported seeing a man fall over a 30-foot drop into the river near Boston Spa, 140 miles north of London.
"Police were called at 11.40 a.m. yesterday to reports of a man in the River Wharfe, apparently having fallen from the cliffs above," a spokesman told The Daily Mail.
A Segway was recovered from the scene. "At this time we do not believe the death to be suspicious," the spokesman added.
The battery-powered scooter is stabilized by gyroscopes.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39377851/ns/world_news-europe/
Reminds me of the Price is Right Game.
Cliff Hangers
http://img301.*************/img301/1281/cliffhanger3kh3.jpg
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