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person buys company and apparently uses product to commit suicide!

by seasoned
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Unreal! WHO would think of riding a segway near such a place?

Segway owner dies after falling off river cliff - Idaho Press-Tribune: News
  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    Where did you get "suicide" - every report I've read points to an accident.

    If you lean forward to look a view when on a Segway - you may become part of the view.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bill Farnham
      I also read a report saying the scooter he was riding on was an 'off-road' version. I'm not sure what that means, although I have seen videos of the ones that have tracks on them being riden off-road.

      Tell ya what, instead of making jokes about a tragic incident, Google "Hesco barriers", you don't need the quotes, but do search under 'Images' and you'll see the invention that made him millions.

      What will strike you is how simple and practical the design is.

      On another note...when I first saw this story it reminded me of Lakewood Traffic Circle in Long Beach, Ca. It's a major roundabout where five main roads, including PCH (twice) converge into one large clusterf*<k.

      The designer of the circle got killed in a car crash the very first day it was open while trying to navigate it.
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      • Profile picture of the author pickthat apple
        In any case it doesn't look good for the sales...
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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    It seems to be a suicidal accident. Maybe not suicide, but might as well be.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Kay,

    I'm trying to give him the benefit of a doubt. Murder, or suicide.

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  • Profile picture of the author mattlaclear
    How about accident instead? Seems like a cut dry case to me.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Doesn't sound like a guy who had reason for actual suicide. Sometimes people can get a little wreckless or a tad too brave when in environments we're used to yet are not totally safe, and I am thinking that he just forgot there are limitations we need to observe and got a bit careless. He only fell 30 feet from what the article says and thirty feet to a mountaineer isn't always considered a death sentence fall, depending on the terrain.

    The only thing that seems immediately apparent is the the world lost a really good guy. Condolences to his family and friends.
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  • Profile picture of the author pjCheviot
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    Here's the Local (to him) news story

    BBC News - Segway boss Jimi Heselden dies in scooter cliff fall

    "A spokesman for Hesco Bastion said: "It is with great sadness that we have to confirm that Jimi Heselden OBE has died in a tragic accident near his home in West Yorkshire.""
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    WELL, It seems like he was a nice guy, and helped the world. Sorry if my title was too risque. Frankly, I would never trust such a vehicle in such a place.

    Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author alica
    They have only a sense to buy a compnay but don't have skills to maintain them as a best and they get depressed.
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