“I felt his last heartbeat before I had to hand him over.” Dad Dimitri (51) about the accident that killed cycling son Milan (21).

“He was in a coma on a ventilator. But the doctors had declared him brain dead. We were with him all afternoon. At 7.45 p.m. I felt his very last heartbeat and he died. With his brothers and his parents at his bedside.” These are the words of the father of Milan Bral (21), the promising cyclist who was hit by a car during a training ride in Ronse on Saturday afternoon. He was on his way to a match of his younger brother. “It promised to be a great day of racing. Until that one phone call.”

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