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Jimi Heselden, owner of Segway Inc. died in an unfortunate accident which ironically involved a Segway vehicle.  At the scene of the accident a “Segway style vehicle” was found according to the police.  Jimi Heselden was reported to be using one of his segway machines to survey his property.  

The police received a call at 11:40 AM on Sunday night with a report of a man who has fallen off a cliff in River Wharfe.  

His death was confirmed by a Hesco Bastion spokesperson, the company where he was a chairman, “It is with great sadness that we have to confirm that Jimi Heselden OBE, has died in a tragic accident near his home in West Yorkshire.”  

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Heseldon was one of the top 400 richest people in the UK with 166 million GBP in assets, and was also known to be a big philanthropist having donated over 23 million GBP towards charity in his lifetime.