Marco Simoncelli Crash: Video of Italian MotoGP Star’s Fatal Crash at Sepang

Italian MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli died following a horrific crash in the Malaysian MotoGP on Sunday (Yahoo! News). He was 24.It's the second fatal crash in as many weeks in the motor sports world after IndyCar's Dan Wheldon passed away in that series' season finale last weekend.Simoncelli lost control on the second lap and ended up sliding into the path of two oncoming racers, who couldn't avoid the collision. He was known as one of the sport's most audacious racers and was still attempting to develop into a championship contender.Fellow Italian rider Andrea Dovizioso had the following to say after the race: "I'm thinking of his father and his mother. I've also got a child and what's happened today is the worst thing you could imagine....

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