if you laugh you're going straight to hell...


A founding member of rock group Electric Light Orchestra was killed when a giant bale of hay tumbled down a hill and crashed onto his van in the UK.

Cellist Mike Edwards died after the 600kg bale careered down the side of a steep Devonshire field before it smashed through a hedge and onto the road.

The 62-year-old died instantly in the accident on Friday afternoon.

Police are now investigating whether the bale may have fallen from a tractor working on farmland next to the A381 in Halwell, near Totnes.

They believe the musician was killed after the loose bale gathered momentum as it rolled down the hill before landing on the front of his van.

He is understood to have swerved into a similar vehicle as he was hit.

The second driver was unhurt in the collision.

Sergeant Steve Walker of the Devon and Cornwall police traffic unit said: "This was a tragic accident and we have now identified the victim as Michael Edwards, a founder member of ELO.

"We have used photographs and YouTube footage to identify him but we now need help contacting his family for formal identification.

"We don't believe he was ever married and we have identified an ex-girlfriend but she is currently abroad."

Officers were hoping to contact a man named David in the Yorkshire area who is believed to be Edwards's brother.

A terrible way to bail out

'we used youtube to identify him'.... crivens.

it's a bit of a weird 'omen' kinda death innit?

Hay! i was just about to post about this.I always seem to pick the shortest straw!!
Seriously though,that must've been a serious bale of hay!!
This also means he'll forever be known as that bloke who got killed by the giant bale of hay,this is the theory that it really doesnt matter what you do in your life at all if you get killed in a bizarre way,that's the way you'll be remembered.

it'll be one of those 8ft round bales i imagine. they weight about 300 kg i think it said.

I was sat on top a giant bale this weekend. :S

edit:the edit is back

it is there for about 15 minutes i think.

Was he in the country having a nice walk under the Mr. Blue Sky?

His big wheels were turning.

At least he didn't turn to stone.

i really hayte reading stuff like this.

Guess it mustve really come Out Of The Blue.

But I guess sometimes you have to Face The Music and make the Discovery that there really is a strange Balance Of Power in this universe.

[/shoehorn]

he wont be sayin elo anymore

oooh arrrgh

that was how not to have fun with a hay bale, this is how to do it properly. alledgedly.

It really was the last straw, hay that's life though.

Roll over balehoven.