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Japanese rider Shoya Tomizawa dies at San Marino Moto2 race
Japanese rider Shoya Tomizawa has died from injuries sustained in a crash in the San Marino Moto2 race.
The 19-year-old Technomag-CIP rider came off his bike when under pressure from fast charging Italian Alex de Angelis. Neither De Angelis nor British rider Scott Redding was able to avoid hitting Tomizawa, who was propelled over 40 metres and off the track into the gravel.Tomizawa was taken to hospital 30 kilometres away in Riccione but was later pronounced dead.He had suffered serious injuries to his skull, chest and abdomen.His death was the first in Grand Prix since 24-year-old compatriot Daijiro Kato, who died in April 2003 at the Japanese MotoGP in Suzuka.Tomizawa was in his first season in the Moto2 category - he had had one season in 250cc last term - and had be ...
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