Motocross hero Jeremy Lusk has died following a crash at a bike competition in San Jose, Costa Rica.
The daredevil action sports star died on Tuesday from head injuries sustained in the accident. He was 24.
A spokesman for Calderon Guardia Hospital in San Jose, where Lusk died, has confirmed the biker suffered severe brain damage and a possible spinal cord injury. He fell into a coma immediately after failing to complete a back-flip while attempting a 100-foot jump, and landing headfirst on a landing ramp.
Lusk was an X Games gold medallist in the freestyle motocross competition last summer in California.
He also won two gold medals in an X Games Mexico competition.
The daredevil action sports star died on Tuesday from head injuries sustained in the accident. He was 24.
A spokesman for Calderon Guardia Hospital in San Jose, where Lusk died, has confirmed the biker suffered severe brain damage and a possible spinal cord injury. He fell into a coma immediately after failing to complete a back-flip while attempting a 100-foot jump, and landing headfirst on a landing ramp.
Lusk was an X Games gold medallist in the freestyle motocross competition last summer in California.
He also won two gold medals in an X Games Mexico competition.
- 2/12/2009
- WENN
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