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.
According to the Prayforjeremylusk.blogspot.com website created by his supporters, Lusk died in the presence of his parents, Chuck and Gina Lusk, his wife Lauren and her parents.
Mulisha members Brian Deegan, Ryan Hagy, Cameron Steele and Erik Apple were also with him.
Video link:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0b4_1234071862
RIP, the world will miss you... and certainly be less without you.
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