MotoGP: Swiss Moto 3 rider Jason Dupasquier dies after suffering severe brain damage-Sports News , Firstpost
Dupasquier was a victim of a horrific crash in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, and suffered ‘severe brain damage’, the hospital treating him had said.
Swiss Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier has died aged 19 from injuries sustained in a crash in qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix, organisers MotoGP announced on Sunday.
“We’re deeply saddened to report the loss of Jason Dupasquier,” MotoGP said on Twitter.
“On behalf of the entire MotoGP family, we send our love to his team, his family and loved ones. You will be sorely missed, Jason. Ride in peace,” the statement added.
Dupasquier, in his second season in Moto3, fell and was struck by another bike, before sliding along the track, during Saturday qualifying.
We’re deeply saddened to report the loss of Jason Dupasquier
On behalf of the entire MotoGP family, we send our love to his team, his family and loved ones
You will be sorely missed, Jason. Ride in peace pic.twitter.com/nZCzlmJsVi
— MotoGP™? (@MotoGP) May 30, 2021
Doctors rushed to the scene and after attending to him for 40 minutes on the circuit had him airlifted to Florence’s Careggi hospital.
The teenager underwent chest surgery overnight “for a vascular lesion” and had suffered “severe brain damage”, a hospital spokesman told AFP earlier Sunday.
His team, Pruestel GP, had already pulled out of Sunday’s race.
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