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The devastated father of a Bishop’s Stortford rugby player who died suddenly from a suspected cardiac arrest is appealing for help to raise money for a local heart screening programme.
Max Oliver collapsed on a train between Newbury and Reading on his way to work last Thursday (September 5). Despite efforts by an off-duty police officer and paramedics, he was pronounced dead when they got him to hospital. He was 31.
An online appeal for charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) has raised almost £25,000 in four days.
Max, a former pupil of Bentfield Primary School in Stansted and The Bishop’s Stortford High School, moved to Berkshire around two years ago to set up home with his fiancée Molly. He worked in sales for international events and conferences company The Hyve Group near Paddington, central London.
