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Rugby league player dies three years on from horror incident

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Scott Bessant has died (Image: WALES NEWS SERVICE)

A popular Welsh rugby league player has died aged 37 three weeks on from a horror incident that left him unable to walk or talk.

Former Wales Dragonhearts full-back Bessant was found seriously hurt near a bridge in August 2017.

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