February 10th, 2009 // comments (0)

Motocross Racer Dies After This Crash

Professional freestyle motocross rider Jeremy Lusk died Monday night after succumbing to a brain injury incurred in a Feb. 7 X Riders show in Costa Rica.

Lusk, 24, whose nickname was “Pitbull,” was a member of the Metal Mulisha freestyle motocross team. He died at 11:03 p.m. PT at the Calderon Intensive Care Unit in San Jose, where he was treated for major brain trauma and was in an induced coma to allow swelling of his brain to subside.

Video of the crash shows Lusk completing the initial trick of his run, but after his launch from a second, smaller ramp, his bike pitches forward on landing and his full-face helmet shears apart on impact.

He hung on for two days, listed in ‘critical condition’ but early today he succumbed to his injuries. I noticed a story just a few months ago about Lusk — he had just signed a pretty major endorsement deal. It’s terrible to see someone like this die at the peak of their career… he was clearly a talented guy.

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