'We don't believe he was ever married and we have identified an ex-girlfriend but she is currently abroad.'
'We have used photographs and YouTube footage to identify him but we now need help contacting his family for formal identification. He said: 'This was a tragic accident and we have now identified the victim as Michael Edwards, a founder member of ELO. Steve Walker of the Devon and Cornwall police traffic unit said they were trying to contact his family. He played cello on albums ELO II, On the Third Day, The Night The Light Went On (In Long Beach) and Eldorado. Mike's eccentric cello playing - plucking the strings with an orange or grapefruit - and bizarre costumes were a major ingredient of ELO. He quit the band to become a Buddhist and later changed his name to Deva Pramada because of his religious convictions. Mike was a founding member of Electric Light Orchestra and played cello with the group from their first live gig in 1972 until he left in January 1975. He added that police had spoken to the farmer who owns the field and would be talking to him again shortly. We are investigating how this came to happen.' 'The van came into contact with a very large bale of hay. Inspector Andy Hamilton said: 'We are liaising with the health and safety people and gathering evidence from the scene of the accident and the field.
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The van swerved after it was hit and then collided with another smaller van coming the other way - but the second driver was unhurt. The victim was driving a white transit-type van towards Kinsgbridge when the bale of hay smashed into the front cab. Police say the accident happened at around 12.30pm on Friday on the A381 between Harbetonford and Halwell in Devon. The circular bale is believed to have been in a steeply sloping field beside the road when it somehow rolled and jumped 15ft into traffic. Mr Edwards died instantly in the accident after the bale careered down the hill, and flipped over a hedge. Mike Edwards, 62, who played cello for the band for three years, died when the giant bale weighing 50 stone crashed down on top of his van. Last updated at 8:42 PM on 5th September 2010Ī founding member of ELO has been killed following a freak accident involving a giant bale of hay.
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I concur with akeem and GFW, first Kelly Groucutt last year, now this, what a way to go, here is the full story.įounding member of ELO killed in freak accident as giant runaway hay bale smashes into his van
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