Captain Aerosex Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Caleb Moore, a 25 year old freestyle snowmobile rider from Krum, Texas, died this morning due to brutal injuries sustained during this accident while competing at the X-Games on January 24th. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K67LBZCMnaI Moore was able to walk off the accident after being down for a while, and was diagnosed with a concussion. However, he was found to have a heart contusion and brain complications not long after going to the Aspen Valley Hospital. He was flown to a hospital in Grand Junction for emergency surgery, after which it was determined he was brain dead and had little time left to live. Doctors harvested his organs before his death for donation. His younger brother and fellow X-Games snowmobiler, Colten, suffered a broken pelvis in a crash the same night of his accident. This is the first death in X-Games history. http://sports.nation...ash-at-x-games/ http://www.cbc.ca/sp...ames-crash.html http://www.guardian....-games-injuries My thoughts go out to the Moore family and their friends. The grave risk comes more readily with such dangerous territory, but that doesn't make this accident any less tragic or horrible. R.I.P Caleb Moore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPCanucksFan Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 That sucks, but he knew the risks he was taking. It's actually quite surprising that this is the first death at a X-Games, I remember that one guy a few years ago that went off that ramp on a skateboard and fell like 30 feet and his shoes exploded off of him. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Just heard about this, RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Alexander Cody Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I saw the incident and I myself was amazed that he was able to get up and walk away with no serious injuries.... Until I saw this... RIP to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Unbelievable that he was even able to stand up considering all of the trauma. Serious crash for his brother too, christ. There are always crazy stunts and tricks at events like the X-Games with people trying to up the ante from one year to the next, I think it speaks to the talent level of these individuals that deadly crashes are not more frequent. Caleb Moore was insanely gifted, he learned how to backflip a snowmobile in mere weeks. WEEKS! That is insane. Unfortunately, on the day he died, he was also horrifically unlucky. At least he died doing something he loved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Was watching it live could not believe he was not pronounced dead at the scene ? The entire weight of the sled hit him full force directly to the head. All of us watching actually thought we had witnessed a fatality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombastik der Teutone Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I saw the incident and I myself was amazed that he was able to get up and walk away with no serious injuries.... Until I saw this... RIP to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avicii Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 9/10 on the crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwnstar Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Thats horrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter56 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 I saw the crash live and thought he'd be okay when he was able to walk away from it. This is just tragic... R.I.P Caleb Moore and condolences to the Moore family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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