Originally Posted by waterrockets

During my race 3/4 last week, last lap, a guy attacked just before a sweeping 180-degree bend about 600m from the finish. He turned to look at his gap, and went out of the turn at high speed and crashed hard. The details are not coming together quickly, but he broke his spine and severed part of his spinal cord, and is just starting to get feeling back in his legs. They think he hit a tree (which I don't see as possible, because I think there are race care barriers in the way).

Sad news. Scary stuff. LA visited him in the ICU, which is generous of him.