It’s soo crazy that Jimi Heselden enjoyed the last moments of his life on the Segway – a product that he created which made him a very wealthy man. Here is more on the story below:
The married father crashed into the River Wharfe while riding the scooter on his estate in Thorp Arch, Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, on Sunday.
He was pronounced dead at the scene. The scooter was found in the water.
The tycoon grew up in the Halton Moor area of Leeds and worked down the local pits until he lost his job in a wave of redundancies in the 1980s.
Years later he created hundreds of jobs in the city when his firm developed the flat-pack wire mesh “blast wall” baskets, which have been used to protect soldiers in every major conflict since the first Gulf War.
They are also used for a range of non-military functions including flood management and erosion control.
Mr Heselden led a British team which struck the deal to buy Segway in December last year.
The firm was started by inventor Dean Kamen in 1999 after he developed the electric two-wheeled, self-balancing vehicle.
During his lifetime Mr Heselden, who was thought to have been one of Britain’s richest men, donated £23m to charities including the Leeds Community Foundation and Help for Heroes.
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ironic…i still want one.
they fast as shit!
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“a product that he created which made him a very wealthy man”
You even read the article? He bought the company last year. He didn’t create it.
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What a horrible death for honorable philantropist. This is a call for all to be carefull in manuevering their vehicles specially that segway.
Such a great loss for the family and beneficiaries of this pure hearted man.
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sounds like he was murdered