‘Wonderful’ pilot dad dies in mountain bike tragedy
A PILOT dad whose wife is expecting died in a tragedy at a mountain bike park, an inquest heard.
Edward Brice-Bennett, 33, was spotted unconscious beside his bike.
Emergency services who rushed to the track could not help the top BA pilot.
A postmortem found abdominal injuries and internal bleeding but the cause of death was unidentified. The inquest at Salisbury was adjourned.
DISTRAUGHT
Wiltshire Police said yesterday Mr BriceBennett’s death in Tidworth on June 2 did not appear to be suspicious.
A neighbour in Ramsbury, Wilts, said his wife Kate, who is six months pregnant, had gone to stay with her family.
The couple have a twoyear-old daughter, Illa, and had been married for nearly four years.
The neighbour said: “He was a wonderful man and was the nicest person. It is shocking... he was lovely.”
British Airways said: “Our thoughts are with Ed’s family and friends.”
The bike park refused to comment yesterday.