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Motocross rider dies after crash

wickedstangs

wickedstangs

Chula Vista, CA
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X GAMES gold medallist Jeremy Lusk, an American freestyle motocross racer, has died of head injuries caused when he crashed while trying to land a backflip in competition.

Lusk, 24, was injured in Costa Rica on Saturday when he failed to complete a full rotation while attempting a Hart Attack backflip and slammed headfirst into the dirt.

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

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.

Lusk lived in Temecula, California.
 
yosemiddysam

yosemiddysam

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I remember when all you had to do was take off and land a high/long jump!!!! Now there is more and more pressure on them to do these crazy jumps just to even get a score!!!! Kind of sucks for them!!!!!!
 
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Mustangcwo

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Saw the video. The strange part is that he had the same exact crash one month ago and he walked away. He landed exactly the same and suffered no injuries. I guess he went to the well one to many times.

If you have to die, leave this world doing something that you love.
 
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sdsubzero4

Spring Valley, CA
Just saw the video. Those medics there sure don't look like they know how to handle a head and neck injury. What they do, yank his helmet off? Yeah, that's a good way to help a neck injury. Where's the back board? Wonder if they even put a neck brace on him (I doubt it).

Prayer for his family.
 
mustanghurt

mustanghurt

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alls its got to take is one person to look at the wrong way and a lawsuit will be all over this about how he should have been handled
 
Xodus989

Xodus989

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sdsubzero4 said:
Just saw the video. Those medics there sure don't look like they know how to handle a head and neck injury. What they do, yank his helmet off? Yeah, that's a good way to help a neck injury. Where's the back board? Wonder if they even put a neck brace on him (I doubt it).

Prayer for his family.
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They carried him off on the spine board, and did have his head immobilized, but they did not throw a C spin collar on him, which is pretty stupid. And you are supposed to remove the helmet off a motorcycle trauma otherwise you are unable to be sure there's an open airway.
 
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sdsubzero4

Spring Valley, CA
Xodus989 said:
They carried him off on the spine board, and did have his head immobilized, but they did not throw a C spin collar on him, which is pretty stupid. And you are supposed to remove the helmet off a motorcycle trauma otherwise you are unable to be sure there's an open airway.
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I see you have been paying attention in your class. :D
 
Xodus989

Xodus989

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sdsubzero4 said:
I see you have been paying attention in your class. :D
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Lmao, yes, I have been :) I got an 88 on my midterm! Only 2 more weeks until the class is over and I can do my NREMT written. Which reminds me, I need to get an appointment for the doctor for my physical for the ambulance license :D

This is all lots of fun though :D
 
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