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    Segway CEO killed by Segway

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    (CNN) -- The owner of the Segway company has died, apparently in an accident involving one of his upright two-wheeled vehicles, police in England said Monday.

    The body of James Heselden, 62, was pulled from the River Wharfe in northern England on Sunday, police said.

    A Segway-type vehicle was recovered from the river, police said.

    The incident is not thought to be suspicious, police said.

    Heselden's family said in a statement that "there is absolutely nothing to suggest it was anything other than a tragic accident.

    "Our family has been left devastated by the sudden and tragic loss of a much-loved father and husband," the family said. "The exact circumstances of the accident are still being clarified and will, of course, be the subject of an inquest."

    Heselden was the chairman of Hesco Bastion, a company that manufactures protective walls used by military troops. He also owned Segway Inc.

    Hesco Bastion confirmed "with great sadness" that Heselden had died "in a tragic accident near his home."

    It hailed his charitable work, saying that a donation of 10 million British pounds (nearly $16 million) to a local foundation earlier this month raised his lifetime charitable giving to 23 million pounds (over $36 million).

    The British veterans' charity Help for Heroes was another beneficiary of his donations, the company statement said.

    CNN's Erin McLaughlin contributed to this report.

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    Unfortunate. He bought the company from the inventor this year.

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    segway purchased their braking system from toyota....

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    Quote Originally Posted by ibanez7 View Post
    segway purchased their braking system from toyota....

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    Quote Originally Posted by ibanez7 View Post
    segway purchased their braking system from toyota....

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    Quote Originally Posted by ibanez7 View Post
    segway purchased their braking system from toyota....

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    Sorry the guy died, but still...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ibanez7 View Post
    segway purchased their braking system from toyota....

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    Quote Originally Posted by ibanez7 View Post
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    How the hell do you run a Segway into a river?? "Oh my god, I'm out of control... Let me just step off this 2 mph moving platform..."

    Ever seen the episode of Futurama where they're in the Central Bureaucracy and they bump a bureaucrat riding a hoveround type thing, and he yells "aahhh I'm going to crash" and it shows him crashing in extremely slow motion? That's what I picture here...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ibanez7 View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Schmalgar View Post
    How the hell do you run a Segway into a river?? "Oh my god, I'm out of control... Let me just step off this 2 mph moving platform..."

    Ever seen the episode of Futurama where they're in the Central Bureaucracy and they bump a bureaucrat riding a hoveround type thing, and he yells "aahhh I'm going to crash" and it shows him crashing in extremely slow motion? That's what I picture here...
    thats what I was thinking.

    the only true danger I could see is if you did bail off and hit your head, causing death by head trauma...


    Maybe it was the movie Maximum Overdrive situation and the segway came alive and killed him...


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    Quote Originally Posted by ibanez7 View Post
    thats what I was thinking.

    the only true danger I could see is if you did bail off and hit your head, causing death by head trauma...


    Maybe it was the movie Maximum Overdrive situation and the segway came alive and killed him...

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    At least Segway doesn't have to worry about a lawsuit in this case.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Schmalgar View Post
    How the hell do you run a Segway into a river?? "Oh my god, I'm out of control... Let me just step off this 2 mph moving platform..."
    Ever seen the episode of Futurama where they're in the Central Bureaucracy and they bump a bureaucrat riding a hoveround type thing, and he yells "aahhh I'm going to crash" and it shows him crashing in extremely slow motion? That's what I picture here...
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    Like this.

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    Maybe if he had some nawwwwwssssss you could have escaped death.

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