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  • Teen With Medical Microchip Dies in Fla.

    10/01/2006 7:58:01 PM PDT · by Aliska · 60 replies · 1,709+ views
    Quad City Times online ^ | October 1, 2006 | None given
    BOCA RATON, Fla. - A teen engineering prodigy who gained national attention in 2002 when he and his family received identification chip implants on live television was killed in a motorcycle accident, authorities said. Derek Jacobs, 18, lost control of his motorcycle early Saturday and crashed into a guardrail and a pole, the Palm Beach County sheriff's office said. He was wearing a helmet. "It was just a crazy accident of a bump or something, and he was catapulted," said his mother, Leslie Jacobs. "He had, of course, potential, because he was brilliant, and he was just a wonderful son....