An SAS selection march in which three reservists died should have been called off hours
before the first man was found, a coroner said on Tuesday. L/Cpl Craig Roberts died of
multiple organ failure as a result of hyperthermia during a Brecon Beacons march on one
of 2013's hottest days. L/Cpl Edward Maher and Cpl James Dunsby also collapsed and later
died from the effects of overheating. The Brecon Beacons has been used by the military
since Roman times but an inquest heard that the medical plan for the march was not good
enough, water supplies were insufficient and the risk assessment did not identify the
correct hospital for treatment. The inquest heard, ‘if organisers strictly followed the
Ministry of Defence's code of practice the march would have been cancelled.’