Segway Inc. may face fresh challenges trying to broaden the appeal of its transporter after the company's owner died driving the vehicle off a cliff. Jimi Heselden, the British millionaire who owned ...

It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Faced with the tragic and oh-so-meta news of the untimely demise of Jimi Heselden, the 62-year-old owner of the Segway company — for whom things ended ...

A man on a Segway electric scooter was killed in a crash Friday evening, October 24, 2025, east of Lakeland. Units from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Polk County Fire Rescue were dispatched at ...

The Segway PT, which earned a place in pop culture but never realized its creators' world-changing ambitions, will come to an end this summer. China-based Ninebot, which acquired Segway in 2015, will ...

The Segway has struggled to expand beyond its status as a niche product since its debut nine years ago. The death of owner Jimi Heselden, who accidently drove a Segway off a cliff yesterday, presents ...

Company owner's death coincides with research on injuries from the machines. Sept. 27, 2010— -- In a bizarre twist, James Heselden, owner of the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway personal ...