Automotive inventors killed by their own inventions
On the other hand, there are certain inventors whose inventions killed them. And automotive sector is not different from this.
Take a look at some of these automotive inventors who were killed by their own inventions.
He developed a car, named Babs, which had many modifications, such as an exposed chains connecting the wheels to the engines.
On the 27th of April 1926, Parry-Thomas broke the existing record, before raising it to above 170 mph the next day. The record stood for a year, before Malcolm Campbell broke it in 1927.
On trying to reclaim his record, one of the chains snapped and flew into his neck, partially decapitating him. He died instantly.
He was found dead in a river after plunging 80 feet over a limestone cliff near his home. He was riding a rugged country version of the two-wheeled Segway when tragedy struck.
He was killed during the test flight of the car, when one of its wings fell off.
On July 2, 1932, Fred was driving his Duesenberg on a wet Lincoln Highway on Ligonier Mountain near Jennerstown, Pennsylvania when his automobile overturned, apparently at high speed.
Duesenberg was expected to fully recover from the spinal injury and dislocation of the shoulder when pleural pneumonia developed. On July 25, he suffered a relapse and died.
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