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Marco Simoncelli, 20 January, 1987 - 23 October, 2011.
Fell in the Maylasian GP, hit by two other riders. Also involved in the incident, both Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi. Edwards was injured, Rossi very slightly. Simo was unconcious when medical staff reached him, and passed some 45 minutes later from head, chest and other internal injuries. Simo lost traction through turn 11, then, basically crashed, and the bike then regained slight traction, and his bike then ran into first Edwards, then Rossi. Edwards suffered an ankle and other injuries, Rossi stayed upright but ran off the track. Simo was hit by two riders, and had his helmet removed from his head by the incident.
It isn't fun at all to get a phone call, or e/mail from a race team in the middle of the night with this type of race report. I just checked my e/mail, and have a video cut of the incident sent by a friend at ESPN, and I just don't want to look at it right now, maybe in a few days or so.
You are now racing in a very different organization, with a lot of great riders whom have gone there previously, Simo, RIP.
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