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Segway owner killed by... er... riding a Segway off a cliff
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| The17sss |
I know I shouldn't laugh, but....
| quote: | Former miner Jimi Heselden, 62, plunged into the River Wharfe while riding around his West Yorkshire estate in Boston Spa on a rugged country version of the Segway.
He bought the firm last December and 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.
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.
‘A Segway-style vehicle was recovered. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Invesitgators are probing whether there was a fault with his particular machine or it was driver error. |
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ines-cliff.html
The guy grew up poor, invented a type of blast wall used to protect troops in war zones, and ended up giving tens of millions of dollars to charity. And now he'll simply be remembered as the guy who died in some sort of Wile E. Coyote free fall aboard the world's cheesiest mode of transportation. RIP dude! |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| Why are stupid stories always much more entertaining when they happened in your area? Boston Spa is literally no more than 15 miles away from my house. |
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| Fledz |
| It's reported by the Daily Mail. Doesn't that mean that it's 99% total and utter bull? |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| I don't think the Daily Mail is at the level of lying about freak accidents and fabricating police comments just yet. |
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| EddieZilker |
| It was on CNN earlier, today. |
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| d_Verge |
Sounds like he...
*puts on sunglasses*
...segwayed to his death.
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| IL Duce |
| so sad, the guy was really on a roll with his inventions. |
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| The17sss |
| quote: | Originally posted by d_Verge
Sounds like he...
*puts on sunglasses*
...segwayed to his death.
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:stongue: :stongue: :stongue: |
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| couch-potato |
| One does not simply walk into Mordor. |
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| yukii |
| quote: | Originally posted by d_Verge
Sounds like he...
*puts on sunglasses*
...segwayed to his death.
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:stongue: :stongue:
Yeah, I thought it was ironic when I read this on my BBC app. |
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| nefardec |
| cliffs notes, please |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by nefardec
cliffs notes, please |
He narrowly avoided having to answer questions about faulty runaway Segways. |
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