Tom Maynard dead

Car crash, shocking news

Aye-terrible

RIP Tom

Hit by a train in the early hours this morning according to the radio.

Cricinfo saying car crash, but bbc saying hit by an underground train.

r.i.p tom

http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/9766840.Person_under_train_at_Wimbledon_Park/

Train.

Very sad indeed

sorry to hear young tom maynard has passed away,a real loss

That's very sad, and very tough on his family. I wonder what made him do it?  (Assuming, obviously, that he 'chose' to do that.)

That is so sad to hear one of my favourite players.He will be badly missed.R.I.P Tom

Shocking news.

He must have had some serious issues to kill himself at 23

No indications that it was suicide yet.

who said he killed himself you idiot..RIP

Most deaths on underground trains are suicide.

Very sad news.

Well I did put in a small 'qualifier' about the suicide thing. However, a man disappears under a train at 5.03 in the morning. The Police quickly announce there are no suspicious circumstances. It all, sadly, adds up to suicide. Maybe he was feeling a little sleepy and he slipped as the train was arriving? Vaguely possible.  The chances are, though, that he chose to end it.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "At approx 04:15 BST on Monday, 18 June, officers stopped a vehicle after it was seen being driven erratically in Arthur Road, SW19.

"The male driver of the vehicle - a black Mercedes C250 - made off on foot. Officers were unable to locate the man."


Wouldn't want to assume it was suicide, especially as he was obviously drunk. Incredibly tragic however it happened though, big loss to the game, RIP

Hmmm.. Strange, cnman.  That certainly explains why there were the early rumours about it being a car accident.  What I don't understand is, if he was so drunk he apparently didn't know what he was doing, how the heck did he manage to get away from the sober officers who stopped his car????     This is turning into an odder story all the time.

Surely there will be CCTV from the station which will clear up exactly what happened? Whatever happened RIP. A great talent and a real loss to cricket.

As a Surrey member, am in complete shock, RIP Tom.

can be plenty of explanations for that Cooee: incompetent policing, too dark to find him, police getting called to do something else etc. also have to remember even drunk he's a professional athlete who would outrun the average policeman

very very sad news this.  gutted.  Have a few mates who knew tom very well when he was at glammy.   Thoughts are with his family at these terrible times. rip tom.

Sad news, R.I.P. Tom.

Wouldn't have to be drunk - just a few over the limit - but judgement impaired - he tries to give police the slip by going across the rail.

The match at Beckenham was his return to the side. He'd been dropped by Surrey for the previous two T20s against Essex and Middx after being out drinking to the early hours during the 4-day game at Horsham the week before last - the one where Surrey were thrashed by 10 wickets.

The police already have his car, so judgement would have to be pretty impaired I'd imagine to think that running away would solve things.

A tragic outcome.  RIP. 

Yeah, it seems like I was wrong to jump to conclusions there. Apologies!    Looks like he electrocuted himself running from the police. Very bizarre. Rather silly, but certainly very tragic.

RIP TOM

bizarre sequence of events ...so much potential , very sad
like to think it wasn't suicide
thoughts are with family and friends

very sad.

Maynard 'electrocuted' - pathologist

ESPNcricinfo staff


Tom Maynard, the Surrey and England Lions batsman, whose death shocked the cricketing world on Monday, was electrocuted before he was hit by a train on London underground, British Transport Police have confirmed.

An inquest was formally opened and adjourned at Westminster Coroner's Court on Friday morning. The circumstances of Maynard's death will be established later this year.

British Transport Police have appealed for information from residents in Wimbledon Park and confirmed that Maynard, 23, had been electrocuted by the live rail on the District Line before he was struck by a train shortly after 5am.

The initial results of a forensic post mortem, conducted by a Home Office pathologist have indicated that Maynard suffered burns as a result of coming into contact with the live rail as well as suffering multiple injuries from being hit by the train.

Police stopped Maynard in Ryford Road, next to Wimbledon mosque, after reporting that he was driving "erratically". Maynard then fled from the scene, leaving police and BTP officials anxious to discover information about a period of roughly 45 minutes between his escape and the report of the collision from the tube driver.

The funeral will be held on Wednesday, July 4 at Llandaff Cathedral at 12 noon with a service at Thornhill Crematorium at 1.15pm. This will be followed by a gathering at Pentyrch Rugby Club where friends are encouraged by the Maynard family to bring personal photos of Tom to compile a montage. All three events are open to the public.

Surrey will play their first match since Maynard's death on Friday night against Essex at Chelmsford. The county postponed the Twenty20 game against Hampshire that was scheduled for The Oval on Wednesday.

Rory Hamilton-Brown, Surrey's captain, who shared a house with Maynard, has been left out of the squad on compassionate grounds, leaving Gareth Batty to lead the team.

Chris Adams, the Surrey director of cricket, said: "It has obviously been an incredibly difficult few days for the club and the players but this game against the Essex Eagles is a step back into some sort of routine. Playing cricket is what we do and tonight will give the players a sense of normality in such a tragic situation."

British Transport Police can be contacted on 0800 405040


Rip tom.