A death in dramatic circumstances marked the weekend of national holidays. At the start of the afternoon on Saturday, the emergency services intervened in Baschleiden, a village in the town of Boulaide, in the north of the country, to help a cyclist who had made a heavy fall on a rugged path as part of a mountain bike hike.
Despite the rapid intervention of the rescuers, the mountain biker, a 34 -year -old Belgian, died at the scene of the accident.
A Belgian mountain biker died from a fall in Boulaide
On Sunday, we learned that the prosecution had ordered an autopsy, medical expertise and police identification following the accident. The mobile phone, watch and mountain biking of the deceased were seized and an investigation was opened, to shed light on the circumstances of the accident.
The other cyclists on site, all members of the same club received psychological support.
A mountain bike champion
The announcement of the death of the thirties sparked the excitement in Flanders and in particular in Limburg, the province where it was from. An avalanche of tribute has spread on social networks since the announcement of the drama.
Stef Houdmeyers would join the Master 1 category in mountain bike and aims to become a Belgian mountain bike champion, report our Belgian colleagues from the Nieuwsblad (Mediahuis group).
According to the Flemish newspaper, a helicopter has been dispatched to the scene, but having found no landing point in the immediate vicinity in this isolated and wooded region, the emergency services went on site in quad. But it was already too late to rescue the mountain biker.
He was the father of two
The thirty -something autopsy took place this Tuesday, June 24 and the body of the deceased should be repatriated to Limburg this Wednesday, according to our colleagues.
Three accidents involving bikers in the space of two hours
Father of two children, the Limburg living in Tessenderlo was also drummer of the Hardcore group Get Wise. He wanted to “become a instructor and mountain bike guide in order to accompany groups in the Alpine regions”, according to Walter Rutten Team Manager of the Bike Team Meerhout, interviewed by the Nieuwsblad.
