Jimi Heselden, the British multi-millionaire entrepreneur and owner of the Segway company has died age 62.
British police say they believe Mr. Heselden died while testing an all-terrain equipped Segway and lost control and drove the machine off a cliff near his estate in Leeds.
Worth an estimated quarter of a billion dollars, Mr. Heselden was a miner who made his fortune inventing the Hesco "Bastion" barrier---a tall wire cage cube that is filled with rocks and dirt for a make-shift defensive wall.
The Hesco Bastion's are employed at NATO military outposts all around Afghanistan and the Pentagon has spent more than $50 million dollars on the simple yet effective defensive devices.
The Segway company, which Mr. Heselden purchased in January, has been a vehicular phenomenon.
The two wheeled transporters use a sensitive gyroscope as an accelerator and steering mechanism. They have become the new go-to-mode of travel for tourists, commuters, chimpanzees, golfers, polo players, and amputees.
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