A British Airways airline pilot died in a tragedy at a well-known mountain trail bike park.
Edward Brice-Bennett, 33, was spotted unconscious by a sharp-eyed member of the public on a trail by the side of his bike in Tidworth, Wiltshire.
Emergency services dashed to the scene – but the father of one, described as ‘wonderful’, Mr Brice-Bennett was confirmed dead 45 minutes later.
Wiltshire Police stressed: ”There appears to be no suspicious circumstances related to this incident.”
A weeping neighbour said his distraught wife Kate – who was six months pregnant – had gone to stay with her family.
The neighbour – who said she was there with the police when they told her (his wife) that he had died’ – said: ”He was a wonderful man and was the nicest person. It is deeply shocking. It has been a horrible shocking time. He was lovely. He was a wonderful neighbour and we loved him.”
“I am 33 and Ed was 33. I have a two-year-old I have an eight-month-old. We are family and they are neighbours.”
The Brice-Bennetts have a daughter Illa, aged two, and had been married for nearly four years.
Yesterday British Airways said: ”We are deeply saddened by the news. Our thoughts are with Ed’s family and friends.”
The bike park refused to comment about the tragedy.
An inquest in Salisbury was told airline pilot Edward Patrick Brice-Bennett, 33, from Ramsbury, was found on one of the trails by the side of his bike by a member of the public collapsed and unconscious at the is a mountain bike trail park, Tidworth Freeride Bike Park, on June 2, at 12.17pm.
He was certified deceased later by paramedics at 13.02pm.
A post mortem examination showed two conditions, abdominal trauma and haemoperitoneum, but no cause of death had yet been ascertained,
Toxicology and histology tests have been ordered, and the inquest adjourned to a date to be fixed.