Farmer died from head injury after bike fall

A farmer died from a head injury after he fell from his bike on a forest trail, an inquest has found.

Robert William Fewson Stead, 35, was cycling through Kilburn Woods near Thirsk on 24 August when the incident happened.

North Yorkshire coroner Richard Watson held an inquest in writing into his death on 11 November and recorded a conclusion of accidental death from a hypoxic brain injury.

Mr Stead, from Pickering, died at James Cook University Hospital two days after the fall.

Mr Watson said: "On 24 August 2024, the deceased was riding his bicycle through Kilburn Woods.

"He fell from his bicycle, struck his head and suffered other serious injuries.

"He was taken to James Cook University Hospital where he died."

Mr Stead, who grew up on his family's farm in Lockton in the North York Moors National Park, left a wife, Lauren, and their son Harry.

His family said in a tribute that he "died doing what he loved".

Donations were made to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance in his memory.

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