Segwaaaaaaaaaay!!! *THUMP thump splash gurgle

A British Millionaire bought the Segway company last December. He took one of their off roading models for a spin on his property and managed to drive the thing off a cliff. His body bounced down the ravine into a river and his dead body washed ashore downstream. To his credit, however, the segway was fished out, dried off and driven home; man those things are awesome.

From the Dailymail here:

The multi-millionaire owner of the Segway company died in a freak accident yesterday when he rode one of the high-tech two-wheel machines off a cliff and into a river.

Jimi Heselden, 62, plunged into the River Wharfe while riding around his West Yorkshire estate in Boston Spa on a rugged country version of the Segway.

He bought the firm last December and was using one of the machines – which use gyroscopes to remain upright and are controlled by the direction in which the rider leans – to inspect the grounds of his property.

Police were called at 11.40am yesterday to reports of a man in the River Wharfe, apparently having fallen from the cliffs above. A Segway-style vehicle was recovered. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Was the man buckled into the Segway? Otherwise its pretty easy to jump off one of those things if it is headed toward a cliff.