Teen With Medical Microchip Dies in Fla.

October 2, 2006 Teen With Medical Microchip Dies in Fla. (AP)

Derek Jacobs, who gained national attention when he and his family received identification chip implants on live television, is seen in Boca Raton, Fla., in this May 10, 2002, file photo. Jacobs was killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006. (AP Photo/ Steve Mitchell)

(AP) -- 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.

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