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Segway owner killed by... er... riding a Segway off a cliff

I know I shouldn't laugh, but....

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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!

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.

It's reported by the Daily Mail. Doesn't that mean that it's 99% total and utter bullshit?

I don't think the Daily Mail is at the level of lying about freak accidents and fabricating police comments just yet.

It was on CNN earlier, today.

Sounds like he...

*puts on sunglasses*

...segwayed to his death.

so sad, the guy was really on a roll with his inventions.

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Originally posted by d_Verge Sounds like he... *puts on sunglasses* ...segwayed to his death.

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

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Originally posted by d_Verge Sounds like he... *puts on sunglasses* ...segwayed to his death.

Yeah, I thought it was ironic when I read this on my BBC app.

cliffs notes, please

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Originally posted by nefardec cliffs notes, please

He narrowly avoided having to answer questions about faulty runaway Segways.

i wonder if sales will plummet.

I was thinking about buying one but now I'm uncertain about taking the plunge.

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Originally posted by Fledz It's reported by the Daily Mail. Doesn't that mean that it's 99% total and utter bullshit?

Yeah, I'm not falling for this cliffhanger. But the suspense is killing me.

I was about to post this yesterday

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Originally posted by d_Verge Sounds like he... *puts on sunglasses* ...segwayed to his death.

they see me rollin...

off a cliff.

Bet he still landed upright.

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Originally posted by IL Duce so sad, the guy was really on a roll with his inventions.

rofl

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Originally posted by KilldaDJ they see me rollin... off a cliff.

lmfao at this thread

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The world is a better place for having had Mr Heselden in it.. RIP

He definitely left a mark on it too

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I don't think the Daily Mail is at the level of lying about freak accidents and fabricating police comments just yet.

Aye, they're happy being racist and shitmongering. At Gatwick last week we were in the queue for immigration & 2 flights came in and these 2 muslim lads from my flight & row on the plane were up there & this posh sounding old woman from a vegas flight said to her husband "oh we must move queues, they'll never get in, they can't have passports" to which I told them to shut up and asked if they'd had withdrawals from the daily mail cos there's always a wh smith in arrivals.

you'd think upon seeing the cliff, the man might have thought about, oh, i dunno.. jumping off the segway?? it's not like that guy is seatbelted in there.

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Originally posted by Ian Aye, they're happy being racist and shitmongering. At Gatwick last week we were in the queue for immigration & 2 flights came in and these 2 muslim lads from my flight & row on the plane were up there & this posh sounding old woman from a vegas flight said to her husband "oh we must move queues, they'll never get in, they can't have passports" to which I told them to shut up and asked if they'd had withdrawals from the daily mail cos there's always a wh smith in arrivals.

That's so ignorant it's hilarious

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