Jimi Heselden, Segway Chief, Dies in Segway Accident

Jimmy Heselden, the owner of the two-wheeled gyroscopic Segway company, died while riding one. Pictured above, US tourists visit Paris with the City Segway Tours in April 2004. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Jimi Heselden, the boss of the Segway company, died on Sunday morning in a Segway-related accident, according to media reports on Monday.

Heselden, in a strange twist, drove the two-wheeled device off a cliff into a river, and was killed.

Police do not suspect foul play was involved in the multimillionaire’s death, UK tabloid The Daily Mail reported.

“Police were called at 11.40am yesterday to reports of a man in the River Wharfe, apparently having fallen from the cliffs above,” police told the Mail.

“A Segway-style vehicle was recovered. He was pronounced dead at the scene.”

While riding around in his West Yorkshire estate in Boston Spa to inspect his property, he tumbled into the River Wharfe.

Last year, the 62-year-old purchased the manufacturer of the two-wheeled gyroscopic machines.

Heselden was one of the UK’s richest men, worth about $263 million. He was also one of the most charitable, donating some $35 million to various charities throughout his life.

Most of his fortune was made when his firm Hesco developed the sandbag replacement “blast wall” concertina bracket, which commonly protects soldiers in Afghanistan and in Iraq.