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Segway company owner dies in apparent Segway accident
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 and the coroner has been informed, police added.
The company confirmed "with great sadness" that he 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.
Heselden made his fortune through his company, Hesco Bastion, which developed the Hesco container used for flood control and as a military fortification.
- no fuckn way,
the man was a genius,
faaaaaaaaaaaack
kaaaaaaaaaarmaaaaaaa...georgesIII - I pissed myself laughing when i read that y'day!! but back then I didn't realise his contributions to society.Projectile
- no fuckn way,