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James William " Jimi " Heselden OBE (27 March 1948 – 26 September 2010) was an English entrepreneur. [1][2] A former coal miner, he became wealthy by manufacturing the Hesco bastion barrier system. In 2009, he bought Segway Inc. He died in 2010 from injuries sustained falling from a cliff while riding his own Segway PT.
Sept. 27, 2010 -- In a bizarre twist, James Heselden, owner of the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway personal transporter, died Sunday morning in a Segway-related mishap -- just before the scheduled release of a study suggesting injuries related to the vehicles may be on the rise.
Jimi Heselden, 62, crashed into the River Wharfe while riding the vehicle round his estate in Thorp Arch, Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, on Sunday. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The...
Mr Heselden donated more than £23m to charity. Tributes have been paid to the head of the Segway company who died after apparently falling from a cliff while riding one of the two-wheeled...
Insider states that the now-defunct Segway is remembered for all the wrong reasons. This includes jokes, accidents, and the death of owner Jimi Heselden. In December 2009, Heselden, a British businessman, purchased Segway from Kamen (per NBC News).
Jimi Heselden, 62, died from multiple injuries after the incident near his home in Boston Spa. The former miner turned entrepreneur made his fortune with his Leeds-based firm Hesco Bastion. A...
Jimi Heselden, 62, appears to have lost control of an off-road version of his electric two-wheeled Segway scooter and was tragically killed, when the device rode off a cliff top in West Yorkshire ...
Heselden, the owner of Segway, has died after riding one of the scooters off a cliff and into a river, reports say. Jimi Heselden, 62, a British businessman who last year bought the company...
The body of 62-year-old Jimi Heselden and a Segway personal transporter were found in the River Wharfe and he was pronounced dead at the scene, West Yorkshire Police said.
Jimi Heselden, the owner of Segway, has died after riding one of the scooters off a cliff and into a river, according to reports.