Moto 2 rider killed.....

[Barton72]

Rip.....

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jLFH40ekIh46kjnz5SxYM0X4WkWAD9I1S18G0



**THERE IS A RACE SPOILER IN THE ARTICLE**

[Jonathan]

R.I.P. Shoya

[blackbarbie]

darn...first Lenz now Tomizawa...R.I.P.

[ramm]

These damn wrecks man, what's going on?!

[Georgiacbr]

wow this suck's one after the other.

[Todd]

i just watched the race, and as soon as i saw the way he was hit by the other riders, i knew.........i just knew.......... :(

RIP Shoya.

[Ibleedgreen]

I just watched the raced last night, that was bad. R.I.P.

[signguy]

That was a bad crash..... thought they kept saying that he was doing ok all through the race.

[Todd]

thought they kept saying that he was doing ok all through the race.they did, because thats what they were being told. After reading the injuries he died from, i feel quite certain that he was dead before he left the track, altho i did read he was on life support on the way to the hospital. It was printed that he had massive head trauma from the initial impact, then his chest was basically crushed when the rider ran over him, basically destroying his lungs and busting up internal organs.

Sad sad sad day, indeed. This year has been plagued with deaths in roadracing. :(

[dzone]

Another statement, addressing why a Red Flag was not thrown after the accident.

Official Statement:



"Claudio Macchiagodena: “We want to speak about the accident today, a very bad accident involving three riders who crashed and who immediately had serious problems. One of the riders, Alex de Angelis, got up. The second rider (Scott Redding) had no problem. One was very serious, and as you know this was Shoya Tomizawa. Immediately the first idea I think is if it’s possible to stop the race because it’s dangerous, but the people with the stretcher immediately arrived and when you remove the rider from the track for my medical decision I do not ask Race Direction for the red flag because this does not help my job, because we delay the intervention for the ambulance. Behind the track protection we had one ambulance with the respirator inside and we started immediately all the intensive care for him. I didn’t ask for the red flag because I didn’t need it. After the rider came to the medical centre I had some people asking me why it took a lot of time. The intensive care started behind the protection of the track. Normally when you have a broken arm the ambulance is the same as a taxi, where you put the rider inside and send him quickly. Now it was very important to have the ventilation and two doctors. When he arrived at the medical centre his condition was critical, and we continued the intensive care. We had a lot of doctors but the situation was critical, we had a process for respiration. We checked an abdominal trauma with the scanner because it was a very serious situation not just for the cranial trauma, but for the chest and abdominal.
“He suffered a heart trauma and the best option was to transfer him to hospital in Riccione because it’s very close and because we have two doctors in the ambulance who continued the respiration process, and to go by helicopter was very far and not possible for this process. When he arrived in hospital we continued for ten minutes or more... but in the end nothing could be changed for Tomizawa.”
Paul Butler: “I think the first thing we have to say is that our sympathies go out to the family and friends of Tomizawa and the team, clearly. Doctor Macchiagodena has explained the situation very clearly. My job is to decide whether to red flag or not based on the advice I receive. The medical intervention was very quick and very efficient because the point of the accident there were many medical services there: several ambulances and a lot of doctors. So the evaluation of the situation was swift. The next stage is to do with the safety of the other riders on the track and the intervention of the marshals was very swift so there was no risk to the other riders. The crashed motorcycles and the debris was removed very quickly and therefore there was no reason to red flag.”
Claude Danis: “I would just like to confirm what Paul said. We thought after consultation together that it was not necessary to stop the race because it seemed everything would be okay when the riders come round for the next lap, and that was the case. Of course today is a very sad day for all of us and on behalf of the FIM I would like to express my very deep condolences to the family of Tomizawa, to the team and to his friends. Things like that happen sometimes, hopefully not very often, and that is racing.”
Franco Uncini: “We are very close to the family, to the friends, the team and everybody close to him. We can say that what happened was nothing to do with the safety. These kinds of injuries unfortunately could happen at any time. With the technology we have at this moment it’s very difficult to solve this problem but we are trying to work on this and try and have something that in the future will help us have less damage in this kind of incident.”
Javier Alonso: “Today we lost an excellent person, of course a good rider but first of all an excellent person and we are very sorry for that. We are very sorry for the family of course and for the team, and just a small clarification because it looks like the news that unfortunately Tomizawa had passed away came out before we officially announced it. That was because we wanted to inform the family first. So the first thing we did when we received the news was to inform the family.”

[Reece]

They have launched an investigation into the post crash actions:
http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/163063/1/prosecutor_considers_action_over_tomizawa_death.ht ml



The prosecutor of Rimini has reportedly launched an investigation into the death of Shoya Tomizawa following the Moto2 Grand Prix at Misano.

According to the Italian ANSA news agency, Paolo Giovagnoli will begin an inquest into the 19-year-old's tragic death in a move that could also see criminal charges being brought.

Tomizawa crashed on lap 12 of the race into the path of Alex de Angelis (http://www.crash.net/motogp/racer_bio/95/alex_de_angelis.html) and Scott Redding, but the race was not stopped as track marshals swiftly stretchered him off the circuit.

However, Tomizawa was then accidentally dropped by a marshal when they stumbled whilst carrying through the gravel.

With an impending autopsy set to reveal exactly what contributed to his death, ANSA says Giovagnoli is considering bringing charges to individuals that are yet to be identified.

The news comes after MotoGP (http://www.crash.net/motogp) officials defended the decision not to stop the race to allow Tomizawa to receive treatment at the track, claiming they were better equipped to deal with his serious injuries behind the scenes.

[Mongo]

Charges for what? There was absolutely no need for a red flag or the like, unless they're all lying their asses off nothing more could have been done to get medical attention to him sooner, nor would it have mattered.

[Todd]

Charges for what? There was absolutely no need for a red flag or the like, unless they're all lying their asses off nothing more could have been done to get medical attention to him sooner, nor would it have mattered.
:stupid:

[ramm]

Charges for what? There was absolutely no need for a red flag or the like, unless they're all lying their asses off nothing more could have been done to get medical attention to him sooner, nor would it have mattered.

Agree Mongo, people don't realize, even if there would have been guy right there waiting for him as soon as he was hit nothing would have saved him. His insides were basically mush.

[wallypiper]

Agree totally. Criminal charges would be stupid. Stopping the race wouldn't have helped. And dropping the stretcher was unfortunate but probably meant nothing. He got hit by two bikes at over 100 mph. Surviving that would have been a miracle.

[signguy]

Totally agree, stopping the race would have been useless.... they had him, the other riders and the bikes off the track before the leaders came back around... that's how quickly they handled the situation and that is what is expected of corner workers and medics in that situation.

It's just sad and no one is at fault....

[willr1]

How did ya'll see the crash, I had no Moto2 race that weekend that was recorded, only regular Motogp ? it is sad and it's a wonder more accidents don't end up like this.