COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A prominent motorcycle racer died Sunday after he crashed near the finish line of an event he had won four times, the Colorado Springs Gazette reported . Carlin Dunne died at the 97th Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, officials said in a news release. Dunne, 36, who is from Santa Barbara, California, crashed his 2019 Ducati Streetfighter V4 Prototype near the finish line, the newspaper reported. A Gazette reporter witnessed bike shrapnel going over the right edge of the road about 20 yards from the finish line. “We mourn the tragic death of Carlin and he will remain in our hearts forever as part of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb family,” the race’s organizers said in a statement.

Source: thestar July 01, 2019 01:07 UTC