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"Segway company owner killed by own Segway" is virtually irresistible as a media narrative.

If he drove his car off a cliff and died, would the headline be "Porche killed Segway owner"?

It might. Rogue SUVs kill people all the time (cf. "SUV hits, kills Md. Green Party Senate candidate," http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h8FiQb29HT...)

No, they don't. People driving them kill people.

If the owner of the Porche company drove his Porche off a cliff then yes, I imagine the same sort of thing would happen.