Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Hoist with his own petard

"A British businessman who last year bought the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway personal transporter has died in an accident on one of the vehicles.

Police in West Yorkshire said Monday that 62-year-old James Heselden and a Segway were found in the River Wharfe near Boston Spa, in northern England..."



2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Most cruel Oswald.
He was a well-known philanthropist much loved by the locals.
But I did see the irony myself.
Incidentally, the tragedy happened just a few miles from here.

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Anonymous said...

Someone got hurt - better ban it then.