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After 15 years or so of officiating motocross events, I
1: would never start an event without at least 1 team of EMTs on a Mule.
2: Some events are just so bad that intervention won't help.
GODSPEED to the rider, and his family and friends.
They may have had one there for the race, I don't know. I haven't seen one there for practice days, but I suspect there's an ambulance available not far away regardless. It's more about the long drive from the track to the hospital, especially with traffic on the 79.
Doesn’t an EMS have to be on site for racing/practice? I vaguely recall having to wait for EMS to show up to go out for practice before
Life flight the last time I was there as well!
I used to really love the track but it’s pretty damn gnarly these days. When you build a main track with unforgiving features accompanied by a vet track that is more of an intermediate track, things like this are going to happen - and they do…a lot.
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RIP Rodolfo. I think I raced his dad once at GH 2 strokin' it and Jr. was on the side of the track cheering us on. Prayers to the Romero family.
Did he pass? Gofundme says traumatic brain injury. Maybe he can recover.
That's what I'm reading also positive thoughts still a chance!
I saw the accident and was 20ft away when it happened. He did an endo over the jump and there wasn’t any contact by any other rider. When he went over the bars the bike cartwheeled and sheered the rear fender off exposing the rear subframe of the motorcycle, then it landed subframe down striking him in the face/head. It was a horrific accident and my prayers go out to the family.
Cahuilla is one of the best facilities in So Cal. Both tracks are well maintained. The dirt is loamy so natural holes will develop on jumps and throughout the track. Don’t blame the prep either, this is motocross, not road racing, holes and ruts are part of the sport.
Jeez, what a crazy crash. Terrible.
RIP young man. Prayers from my family to yours.
Vital members please understand we cannot have unprepped tracks (Lommel) and BMX tracks (perfectly groomed) at the same time. This is a tragic event and the worst outcome of our beloved sport. We all know the risk we expose ourselves to in MX yet we think “it will never happen to me.” These are the risk we take to enjoy the feeling only a dirtbike can give us.
Once again, RIP young man.
He's in ICU, from what I'm hearing as of this morning.
That is awesome news….I hope he’s able to pull through 🙏
If that's the case, lesson learned from me. I should know better than to repeat something potentially so tragic, but not yet confirmed.
Apologies for spreading potentially false information.
Praying for him to pull through and recover fully! Really disrespectful to spread speculation as fact... let's keep this thread going with updates about his actual condition if possible.
Edit: SocalMX, not talking about you, and good on you for taking ownership and recognizing a learning opportunity.
If he left on the helicopter, he wasn't dead. Helicopter isn't landing at the medical examiner's office.
People can pass during transport, or after arrival at hospital, I don't think anyone was implying he had died prior to leaving?
But who knows, not here to speculate, hopefully he's hanging on and continues to do so.
That's what I took some of the comments to imply, that he died on scene and this was known at the track, but may not have been what people meant. Not trying to be insensitive and yes can certainly die during transport, just more sharing the fact that if they lift off from scene with patient, they aren't dead at that point.
Wow, wishing the best to him.
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just fyi, he did not pass. He’s in the ICU
just fyi, he did not pass.
he did not pass.
he hasn’t passed, he’s in the ICU
Praying for the best outcome.
That is great news that he is fighting!
As a person who was life flighted with a TBI myself its a tough road but be patient and it gets better with time. My wife did this for me while I was still in ICU. Start doing research and and locate a Good rehabilitation facility. They are not all the same. Its a slow process relearning how to do things. Go visit the rehab locations and see the treatments before deciding. A really good one will be near the trama hospital.
Thank God! Praying for a full recovery!
He did not pass. He’s still fighting for his life in the ICU, We’re all hoping for a miracle
Praying, and donated a small amount.
He’s in the ICU.
This one guts me. We took a friend of my boy's (a 15 year old) riding with us Sunday. He had a massive endo and ended up with fractures in T4-7, a burst fracture of T8, and a compression fracture of T11. Plus a broken wrist and a concussion. He is not paralyzed and the prognosis is actually pretty good considering the injury list. I saw the crash from 50 feet away and it was a huge hit. The worst thoughts went through my mind as I ran to the top of the jump he crashed on to redirect traffic and I was deeply afraid for him. We were having a great day and it went to total sh!t in 5 seconds. This sport is so engrained in our lives but dammit the risks are so high. I don't know how to balance that in my head. I hope both these young men recover.
That run toward your downed rider is the worst distance of your life. Sadly, I know it all too well. You're right, this sport is engrained in our lives but if my son ever wanted to hang up the riding boots I would not talk him out of it. My prayers go out to both of these young riders and wish for a fast & full recovery.
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