You live by the Segway, you die by the Segway

Very strange indeedy!! He's not the inventor though. But I cant understand why he couldnt let go and jump off the thing? My first thought was that nobody would want to buy one now!! Its sad and Im wondering if theres a hidden message in this? PS: Of course, it could also be foul play...they say not but who knows?

kind of ironic funny. you'd think the creator would know how to drive one of those things. they have them in my town,and i hate them.they just tie up traffic on an already full island.

I think that this was clearly an accident. Before reading the article, I wasn't aware of Jimi Heselden or of what benefits his inventions have been both to the military and the community. The Segway (as I understand it) was an invention that his company had bought and developed. I don't think that the product was actually the main source of his business success (so 'live by the Segway' is probably a somewhat inaccurate statement). I have never tried one but I can believe that it requires quite a lot of skill to control. The article suggests that tree roots and uneven ground could have been the cause of the tragic accident. Jimi Heselden sounds like the kind of person who genuinely wanted to give back much of what he was fortunate to have earned (as a person with genuine entrepreneurial skills) to the community in which he grew up. My thoughts are with his family and friends and with those people in Leeds whom he helped.