A former champion racing driver has died after his own car fell on top of him outside a friend's house. Lewis Blake Edwards, from Pontyclun, was a favourite amongst fans of motor sport after he won the first ever Welsh Sports And Saloon Car Championship in 1990, and again in 1991.
However, the 75-year-old - best known on the circuit as 'Blake' - had been painting the chassis of his Volvo V70 Estate at the rear of a property in Tonyrefail, Rhondda Cynon Taf on the morning of Sunday, February 26 when the supports propping up the vehicle suddenly gave way. The car then dropped on Edwards, a long-term and well-respected member of the Welsh Racing Drivers Association, trapping him underneath.
"It landed on Blake's chest," said friend Lyndon Richards. "Someone from a neighbouring property found him a few minutes later.
