He was a talented and much-loved musician before he faced an extraordinary death that shocked locals, when he was crushed by a rolling hay bail in the countryside of Devon ...

Mike Edwards, who played cello in the innovative 1970s rock group Electric Light Orchestra, was killed in southern England when a giant hay bale rolled down a hill and hit his van. Edwards, 62, died ...

One of the early members of a massive 1970s rock band was killed in a freak farming accident, with the musician said to be a 'brilliant' man by his friends ...

Mike Edwards, a founding member of the Electric Light Orchestra, was killed instantly when a 600kg bale of hay rolled down a steep field and crashed into his van ...