Freestyle motocross racer Jeremy Lusk dies after crashing head first...

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Freestyle motocross racer Jeremy Lusk dies

By MARIANELA JIMENEZ, Associated Press Writer 27 minutes ago

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP)—Jeremy Lusk, an American freestyle motocross racer, died of head injuries Tuesday after crashing while trying to land a backflip in competition. He was 24.

Jorge Ramirez, chief of the intensive care unit at Calderon Hospital where Lusk was taken, said the motocross racer suffered severe brain damage and a possible spinal cord injury.

Lusk won a gold medal at the 2008 X Games. He was injured Saturday night when he failed to complete a full rotation while attempting a Hart Attack backflip and slammed headfirst into the dirt. Lusk crashed in almost identical fashion in the freestyle semifinals at the 2007 X Games but was not hurt.

He had a successful 2008 season, winning Freestyle gold at the X Games and silver in Best Trick when he landed the first double-grab Hart Attack backflip. He won a bronze helmet in Freestyle at the Moto X World Championships in his hometown of San Diego.

Ramirez said Lusk died with his parents and his wife, Lauren, at his side.

“He was in a medicine-induced coma as a protective measure, and the medicine was being reduced to see how his organism responded,” he said. “That didn’t mean he was going to wake up. He was in shock and that got worse last night, until he stopped responding and entered into cardiac and respiratory failure.”

Lusk lived in Temecula, Calif.


Fuckin sucks...RIP

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disturbing.

[DJ SUGAFREE QUIK]

Terrible

[D-Nice]

Man that was tough to watch. RIP.

[OchoCinco]

damn rest in peace man

[J.D. Wykid, Esq.]

that video was fucking brutal to watch.

RIP

[Sofa_King_Awesome]

that video was fucking brutal to watch.

RIP

[Elano]

Man that was tough to watch. RIP.

[Don Jacob]

i know he probably wouldn't have wanted to go out any other way, but man....that sux


and it especially sux, because i've actually met the dude a couple of times.....fuckin' shame.

RIP

too many people have been dieing lately.

[Garth Brooks]

After watching the vid the work of the "safety" crew really pissed me off. Pretty obvious that they may dealing with head/neck and back injuries and they basically just flipped him over! The way the one guy just moved his arm was stupid! Also I just don't understand. I know they always try to push the limits. Its part of what they do and its the rush. But shit, when you fail something like that at the X-Games and then try it again...

[Fuck Your Existence]

RIP

[Chamillitary Click]

that video was fucking brutal to watch.

RIP

hell yeah, that guy got broken!

RIP!

i know he probably wouldn't have wanted to go out any other way

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