RIP Jeremy Lusk
#1
02-10-2009, 07:44 PM
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RIP Jeremy Lusk
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.
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.
#2
02-10-2009, 07:48 PM
too bad, I have a tough time staying on my bike so no attempts of a backflip is in my future. RIP Jeremy
#4
02-10-2009, 09:38 PM
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Sad to see something like that happen to a fellow motorcycle enthusiast. But he died doing what he loved! RIP
#5
02-10-2009, 09:53 PM
I just saw that video last night. Couldn't believe a body could fold like that. It was only a matter of time before someone would die from a backflip. It's real sad to hear.
#7
02-11-2009, 01:15 AM
I saw the news report as well. Very sad. These guys are true dare devils.
Just goes to show how people that go to extremes and 'push the envelope' sometimes meet their fate by doing what they're so driven to do. Just like the Crocodile Hunter.
Mike
Just goes to show how people that go to extremes and 'push the envelope' sometimes meet their fate by doing what they're so driven to do. Just like the Crocodile Hunter.
Mike
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