Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier died Saturday as a result of injuries suffered in a crash during a qualifying session in Italy. He was 19. "Despite the best.
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By Bill Galluccio
May 30, 2021 Dupasquier was involved in a multi-rider incident between Turns 9 and 10, with the session Red Flagged thereafter, MotoGP said in a statement.
The 19-year-old rider crashed with
Ayumu Sasaki and
Jeremy Alcoba. As Dupasquier fell to the ground, he was hit by his own motorbike and then by Sasaki s bike. Paramedics rushed to the scene and put up a sheet as they spent 30 minutes treating him before he was airlifted to the hospital. FIM Medical Intervention Vehicles arrived at the site immediately, and the Swiss rider was attended to on track before being transferred by medical helicopter, in a stable state, to Careggi Hospital in Florence. Despite the best efforts of circuit medical staff and all those subsequently attending to the Swiss rider, the hospital has announced that Dupasquier has sadly succumbed to his injuries, MotoGP s statement continued.