Automotive inventors killed by their own inventions
Sylvester H Roper (1823 – 1896) - Steam Carriage
April 07, 2016, 07:14 ISTOn 1 June 1896, Roper rode one of his later velocipede models, a Pope Manufacturing Company Columbia bicycle with a steam engine added. He was clocked at 2 minutes 1.4 seconds for the flying mile, for a top speed 64 km/h. He was seen to wobble and then fall on the track, suffering a head wound, and was found dead.
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