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Fleeing Wisconsin driver gets airborne and jumps car over another car during high-speed chase
Footage from a high-speed chase in Wisconsin earlier this month shows the fleeing driver going airborne and jumping his car over another. We're talking full 'Dukes of Hazzard' style.
It's one of the most insane dashcam videos you'll ever see. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office released the now-viral footage of the arrest, which took place on Saturday morning, May 9.
FOX 6 reports that the Wisconsin State Patrol stopped a car, then called for backup because of an active felony warrant. As a Fond du Lac County sheriff's deputy and another trooper arrived, the driver took off.
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A high-speed pursuit began and eventually came to an end when the driver lost control, went into a ditch, then up the embankment. This is where the car flies over another car.
The fleeing driver's car not only flew over the other car, it went all the way over the road and ended up in a field on the other side.
Remarkably, Dewayne Stokes, 44, identified by police as the driver, wasn’t ready to give up. He got out of the vehicle and had to be Tased before being taken into custody.
The pursuit had come to an end after four and a half miles, a tiny bit of which was covered through the air. Stokes was then taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
He was charged with seven counts, including first-degree reckless endangering safety and two counts of eluding an officer. His cash bond was set at $25,000, and he's due back in court on June 24, according to court documents.
Stokes was out on bond at the time of his car flight for operating a vehicle without the owner's consent, FOX 6 added. He had a warrant issued for his arrest after he failed to appear in court. He didn’t know it at the time, how could he have, but that decision was going to put him on a path to fly a car over another car.
Everything happens for a reason.
Selfie video captures scary moment baseball fan at Mariners game gets hit in the skull by foul ball
Rule No. 1 of attending a Major League Baseball game as a fan is that you have to keep your head on a swivel at all times. One poor fan, and her head, paid the price over the weekend for forgetting that non-negotiable.
The fan, Jamie Golla, was sitting in the lower bowl down the third-base side at T-Mobile Park in Seattle for the Mariners' contest against the San Diego Padres on Friday night. Her friend just so happened to have her phone out to capture a selfie video of the two of them having fun at the ballpark, with San Diego's Sung-mun Song at the dish to lead off the fifth inning.
Quickly, and out of nowhere, the moment went from fun to incredibly painful for Golla.
The selfie video shows the exact moment a screaming foul ball caught Golla on the top of the head, and the sound the baseball made as it made contact with her skull is nightmare fuel.
The foul ball off of Song's bat wasn't a routine fly ball, either, hence the fact that fans sitting around Golla and her friend weren't trying to catch it for a souvenir.
It was one of those foul balls where, whether you're at the ballpark or watching at home, you hold your breath for a moment, hoping that the screamer doesn't catch a fan. Unfortunately, it did.
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According to the New York Post, Golla was taken to nearby Harborview Medical Center for treatment shortly after the accident.
"I’m feeling a little better than yesterday. My head is still a bit swollen, and I’ve been getting minor headaches here and there, but overall I’m doing okay. I didn’t think this video was going to blow up. I appreciate the people who have been checking up on me," she told The Post.
Jamie also shared that a member of the Mariners staff followed up and checked on her after the scary moment, and offered her and her friends tickets to return for a future game.
The Mariners were shut out by the Padres on Friday night, 2-0.
Jake Paul calls Conor McGregor ‘cokehead,’ accuses Dana White of hijacking Francis Ngannou's walkout
INGLEWOOD, CA — Saturday night's Netflix-MVP fight night delivered wild moments ranging from bloody fights to Nate Diaz sparking up a joint in the press conference room while his nose was still gushing after losing to Mike Perry in two rounds.
The internet mogul, Paul, was supposed to be celebrating the achievement of his promotional empire Saturday night when UFC boss Dana White inserted himself into the spotlight once again by announcing Conor McGregor’s UFC return fight on July 17 during the live-streamed event.
The bombshell news also broke during Francis Ngannou’s walkout.
After we at OutKick questioned Jake Paul over whether Dana had any secret intentions with the timing of the announcement, Paul went off on "insecure, little" Dana White.
"Oh, the cokehead is back," Paul told OutKick.
Paul argued the announcement only showed how threatened the UFC feels by the momentum surrounding his promotion. The timing is anything but random. It managed to split the combat sports world’s attention between Paul’s event and White’s blockbuster UFC announcement.
"That's cool, bro. Drop the McGregor news during our event. It doesn't matter. That just shows how pressed they are, little insecure boys trying to piggyback off our event and put some news over top of us. It's not going to work, buddy."
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OutKick reached out to the UFC for a response.
After all, Ngannou famously left the UFC after a bitter contract dispute, making his entrance as news alerts about McGregor flooded social media.
The bad blood between the two isn’t new. It was fueled by Paul’s relentless trolling of White and his public crusade against the UFC’s fighter pay structure.
White has routinely dismissed his credibility, while Paul has spared no effort in portraying White as an exploitative leader.
That deep-seated animosity set the stage perfectly for White to disrupt Paul’s biggest moment yet.
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California trans athlete podium controversy ignites outrage among politicians, activists
A girls' track and field meet in California became the subject of national controversy for the second week in a row when a trans athlete swept three jumping events. What happened on the medal podium afterward became a point of mockery.
Trans athlete AB Hernandez won first place in the high jump, long jump and triple jump at the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section finals on Saturday. So too did the girl who would have finished first, based on a rule enacted last year that awarded any female athlete that finished behind a trans athlete a higher placement.
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Photos and video of the three podium ceremonies — one of which showed Hernandez and the top female finisher sharing the podium's top spot — went viral on social media, prompting backlash against the CIF among politicians including Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., and Rep. Nancy Mace, R-N.C.; and activists including Riley Gaines and Jennifer Sey.
The CIF enacted a pilot program for the state finals last May that awarded any female athlete that finished behind a trans athlete one higher spot, which resulted in girls sharing podium spots with Hernandez for the championship. The program also ensured any female athlete who finished one spot out of qualifying for the state finals in events that included a trans competitor, to compete for the title as well.
Then in a recent letter to parents dated May 16, the CIF announced that program would be re-introduced starting for Saturday's events.
"The CIF values all our student-athletes, and we will continue to uphold our mission in providing students the opportunity to belong, connect and compete, while competing with California law and education code," the letter wrote.
The CIF originally enacted the program, which also advances to the state final any female athlete who finished one spot out of qualifying in events including a trans competitor, last May after Hernandez advanced to the state final, prompting President Donald Trump to speak out against California and Gov. Gavin Newsom and threaten a loss of federal funding if his executive order aimed at protecting girls' and women's sports wasn't followed.
Trump's Department of Justice then filed a Title IX lawsuit against the state's education agencies in July of last year, after Hernandez won two state titles and finished in second place in another.
The parent of a female athlete at Saturday's meet told Fox News Digital that a coach informed them that the same pilot program would be implemented for the remainder of the state postseason, starting with the section final on Saturday.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the CIF for a response.
The controversy around Hernandez and Jurupa Valley's track and field season was renewed last Saturday when "Save Girls Sports" protesters held a rally at the sectional preliminary round. A source within Newsom's office provided a statement to Fox News Digital in the days before that meet, addressing the rally.
"The Governor has said discussions on this issue should be guided by fairness, dignity, and respect. He rejects the right wing’s cynical attempt to weaponize this debate as an excuse to vilify individual kids. The Governor’s position is simple: stand with all kids and stand up to bullies," the statement read.
"California is one of 22 states that have laws requiring students be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school sports consistent with their gender identity. California passed this law in 2013 (AB 1266) and it was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown."
Hernandez, now a Southern Section champion again, along with all the other winners will move on to the CIF preliminaries next Saturday to face the rest of the state's top female jumpers, with a chance to get back to the state finals.
The two-day state finals begin on May 29 in Clovis, California.
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Trump warns Iran's 'clock is ticking': Move 'fast' or 'there won't be anything left'
President Donald Trump renewed his stern warnings for Iran to come to peace and end its nuclear weapons aspirations Sunday.
"For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
"TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!"
Trump, fresh off his trek to meet China's Xi Jinping face to face, is weighing restarting military action on Iran, Fox News Digital reported earlier Sunday.
TRUMP WARNS IRAN'S 'CLOCK IS TICKING': MOVE 'FAST' OR 'THERE WON'T BE ANYTHING LEFT'
The president also had a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday.
"Our eyes are also open regarding Iran," Netanyahu said Sunday morning, as translated from Hebrew. "I will speak today, as I do every few days, with our friend President Trump.
"I will certainly hear impressions from his trip to China, and perhaps other matters as well. There are certainly many possibilities, and we are prepared for every scenario."
TRUMP MEETS NETANYAHU, SAYS HE WANTS IRAN DEAL BUT REMINDS TEHRAN OF ‘MIDNIGHT HAMMER’ OPERATION
Trump remains at the White House on Sunday, but no public or press appearances were on his schedule.
The call with Netanyahu came amid regional intelligence assessments on Iran that restarting of military strikes might be coming because of Trump's frustration with Iran's tactics amid the closing of the Strait of Hormuz and the rejection of his demand to give up nuclear weapons aspirations.
"The prevailing assessment inside Iran is that President Trump may resort to restarting military action, and Tehran is now deliberately pursuing a strategy of 'deception and delay' with the hopes that buying time will complicate any potential return to war," two regional intelligence officials told Fox News.
EXPERTS WARN IRAN’S NUCLEAR DOUBLE-TALK DESIGNED TO BUY TIME, UNDERMINE US PRESSURE
Intelligence officials believe that the Iranian regime thinks it can delay developments and stretch the crisis out for at least two more weeks, so that the situation could become more difficult for Trump to restart the military campaign, both politically and operationally.
These sources say Iranian officials are looking at the World Cup and America’s 250th anniversary as a backstop that could work in their favor.
The impact of the U.S.-led blockade is becoming increasingly visible inside Iran, according to a senior Israeli official, early signs of a developing fuel crisis emerging over the weekend – including long lines at gas stations and growing public discontent over fuel shortages and distribution problems.
"It’s getting exponentially worse," the official added.
Fox News' Trey Yingst and Yonat Friling contributed to this report.
Pro wrestling star learns what 'land of opportunity' means in US as he details journey from Italy to America
Cristiano Argento has been tearing up opponents in the ring for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) as he worked his way up the ladder to get a few shots at some gold.
But the path to get to one of the most prestigious pro wrestling companies in the U.S. was long and a path that not many wrestlers have taken.
Argento was born and raised in Osimo, Italy – a town of about 35,000 people located on the east side of the country closer to the Adriatic Sea. He told Fox News Digital he started training in a ring at a boxing gym before he got started on the independent scene in Italy. He wrestled in Germany, Sweden, France and Denmark before he came to the realization that, to become a professional wrestler, he needed to make his way to the United States.
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He first worked his way to Canada to get trained by pro wrestling legend Lance Storm. He moved to Canada, leaving most of his friends and family behind and without a firm grasp on the English language.
"At the time, my English was horrible. I didn’t speak any English at all," he said. "But I was with my friend, Stefano, he came with me and he translated everything for me. I probably missed 50% of the knowledge that Lance Storm was giving to us because I was unable to understand. I was only given a recap and everything I was able to see. I’m sure if I was doing it now with a proper knowledge of English, it would have been a different scenario.
"Eventually, I moved back to Italy after the training and I said, OK, now, I want to go to the U.S. So, I studied English more properly, and eventually I got my first work visa that was in Texas. I was in Houston for a short period of time. I trained with Booker T at Reality of Wrestling. I got on his show, which was my debut in the U.S. That was awesome. I eventually got a new work visa in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I currently live since 2017. Since then, my wrestling career, thankfully, kept growing, growing, growing and growing until now wrestling for the NWA. One of the bigger promotions in the U.S."
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Argento said that his family thought he was "nuts" for chasing his pro wrestling dream.
He said they were more concerned about his well-being given that he was half-way around the world without anyone he knew by his side in case something went sideways.
"My family, friends, everybody was like why do you want to move to the opposite side of the world not knowing the language, not knowing anybody, by yourself, to try to become a professional wrestler? And I was like, well, we have one life, I love, and that’s what I’m gonna do," he told Fox News Digital. "Eventually, my family was really supportive. But when I first said, ‘Hey, mom and dad, I want to do that.’ They looked at me like, ‘Are you nuts? Are you drunk or something? What are you talking about?’ And I said, no that’s what I want to do. And they knew I loved this sport because in Italy I was traveling around Europe, spending time in Canada training, so they started to understand slowly that’s what I want to do with my life. They were proud of me.
"They’re still proud of me. I think more like the fact that you’re gonna try that, that it’s hard than more like you’re gonna leave us. The fact like, oh, my son is gonna go on the opposite side of the world for a six-hour time difference and we’re gonna see him maybe, when, like, I don’t know. Not often. I think it was more that. And for me too, it was really hard. It was heartbreaking not being able to see my family every day or every month. Like once a year if I’m lucky. I think that was the biggest part for them because of concern or that I was here by myself and if I have any issue or any problem, I didn’t have nobody. So they were scared. Like, you get sick, if you have a problem, anything, and they’re not being able to be here next to me. But they were really supportive since day one."
Argento is living out his dream in the U.S. He suggested that the moniker of the U.S. being the "land of opportunity" wasn’t far from what is preached in movies and literature – it was the real thing.
"I was inspired by people who came to the U.S. and made it big," Argento told Fox News Digital. "The U.S. was always like the land of opportunity. That’s how they sell it to us and this is what it is. I feel like, in myself, that was true because anything I tried to do so far I was able to reach a lot more than if I wasn’t here. I’m not yet where I’d like to be but I see like there’s so many opportunities in this country. Not just in wrestling but like in any business to reach the goal. I’m really happy of the choices I did here.
"But my big inspirations were big-time actors who moved to the country, who didn’t know English, with no money, no support system. I had one dream, I have to go right there to make it happen and I’m gonna go and do it and I’m gonna make it happen. So those people were always the biggest inspiration even if it wasn’t in wrestling, just how they handled their passion, how they pursued their dream without being scared of anything, how far you are, how alone by yourself … You don’t know the language, you’re like, let’s go, let’s do it."
Outside of the NWA, Argento has performed for the International Wrestling Cartel, Enjoy Wrestling and Exodus Pro Wrestling this year.
Van Hollen argues Netanyahu found Trump ‘stupid enough’ to drag him into Iran war
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday of pulling President Donald Trump into the war with Iran during an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," as the president returned from a China summit without Beijing making a specific commitment to help broker an end to the conflict.
"The president got dragged into this war. Prime Minister Netanyahu said that he’d been waiting 40 years for somebody to go to war with him in Iran. He found a president stupid enough to do it," he said. "I blame Donald Trump for that decision, but here we are."
Van Hollen said the U.S. does not need China to end the fighting, arguing that Trump could stop the war by changing course.
"I don’t think we need China’s support," Van Hollen said. "I think the fastest way to end the war in Iran is just to stop digging a hole even deeper, and that’s what we should do right now."
TRUMP PUSHES BACK AGAINST PUNDITS, SAYS ISRAEL DID NOT TALK HIM INTO THE IRAN WAR
The Maryland Democrat said Trump had campaigned on avoiding new wars and lowering costs, but that the conflict had undercut both promises.
"After all, Donald Trump was the candidate who said he was going to keep us out of wars, and he was going to focus on bringing down prices, and of course he’s done just the opposite," Van Hollen said. "Gas and other prices are going through the roof."
When asked whether diplomacy could still produce another nuclear agreement with Iran, Van Hollen pointed to the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the 2015 accord struck by Iran, the United States and other world powers.
"Well, I know if we had people who are willing to negotiate, we could get it done because we got that done when President Obama was in office," Van Hollen said.
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"The JCPOA prevented Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. It dramatically contained its nuclear enrichment program, and it had the world’s most intense inspection regime."
Van Hollen also cited Trump's past claim that his administration had already destroyed Iran's nuclear enrichment program.
"Just last year, Donald Trump told the country that he had obliterated Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, taken care of it, and his head of DNI, Tulsi Gabbard, testified that they have no evidence that Iran wants to resume it," Van Hollen said.
Van Hollen’s criticism came a week after Netanyahu told CBS’s "60 Minutes" that Iran’s nuclear material still had to be removed for the war to end.
"You go in, and you take it out," Netanyahu said when asked how the highly enriched uranium should be removed.
The White House has defended the Iran campaign as a military effort to eliminate an "imminent nuclear threat," and said in June 2025 that Iran's nuclear facilities had been "obliterated."
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Underwater tragedy in Maldives leaves families searching for answers after cave deaths
After five Italian divers died while exploring a deep underwater cave off the Maldives, families of the victims are demanding answers.
Monica Montefalcone, 52, an associate ecology professor at the University of Genoa, and her daughter, Giorgia, 20, were among the dead, according to The Associated Press (AP).
In an interview with local newspaper La Repubblica, Montefalcone's husband, Carlo Sommacal, said his wife "would never have put the life of our daughter or other kids at risk."
MALDIVES MILITARY DIVER DIES SEARCHING FOR 4 ITALIAN DIVERS MISSING INSIDER UNDERWATER CAVE SYSTEM
"My only certainty is that my wife is one of the best scuba divers on the face of the earth," Sommacal told the media outlet.
"Something must have happened," he said in a different interview with an Italian television station, according to AP.
The victims included marine researchers and experienced divers. Among them: Monica Montefalcone, an ecology professor at the University of Genoa; her daughter, Giorgia Sommacal; marine biologist Federico Gualtieri; researcher Muriel Oddenino; and diving instructor Gianluca Benedetti, according to the Maldivian government.
Gianluca Benedetti was found dead near the cave entrance shortly after the group disappeared.
Authorities believe the bodies of the four remaining divers are trapped deep inside a cave system about 160 feet underwater near Vaavu Atoll.
The cause of the deaths remains under investigation.
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The divers were in an underwater cave near Alimathaa, a dive site, in Vaavu Atoll, AP reported.
Vaavu Atoll is a chain of islands in the central Maldives, located southwest of Sri Lanka and India.
Authorities were alerted after the divers failed to surface by midday Thursday, when weather conditions were rough, per AP.
Italy's Foreign Ministry said the group "apparently died while attempting to explore caves at a depth of 50 meters (164 feet)," the AP reported.
Maldivian presidential spokesperson Mohamed Hussain Shareef told reporters the cave was exceptionally dangerous.
"The cave is so deep that divers even with the best equipment do not try to approach," he said.
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Local officials described the tragedy as the Maldives' worst single diving accident.
An Italian pulmonologist told local outlet Adnkronos that the incident "suggests a problem with the tanks."
Five divers dying during the same dive event suggests "not so much a depth problem, but rather [an issue with] what they breathed," Claudio Micheletto, director of pulmonology at the University Hospital of Verona, told Adnkronos.
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"It is likely that something did not work in the tanks," Micheletto told the local outlet.
"The people using them could not have noticed: Checks are the responsibility of those who produce and manage the equipment."
Alfonso Bolognini, president of the Italian Society of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, said there are several possible explanations, including "an inadequate breathing mixture that can create a hyperoxic crisis," according to Adnkronos.
Bolognini also suggested panic may have contributed to the deadly dive, according to Italian newswires.
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"Inside a cave at 50 meters deep, all it takes is a problem for one operator or a panic attack for one diver," he said.
"In these cases, the panic component could lead to even fatal mistakes."
A perilous search for the bodies of the divers was halted Saturday after a military diver died during the mission.
The Italian Foreign Ministry said the cave system consists of three large chambers connected by narrow passages. Rescue teams explored two chambers Friday but were forced to stop because of decompression risks.
Officials are now awaiting the arrival of three Finnish cave-diving specialists to reassess the operation.
Stephen Sorace of Fox News Digital, as well as The Associated Press, contributed reporting.
Taiwan's president says island 'will never be sacrificed or traded' in stern rebuke of China
Thanking the U.S. support and showing defiance against China's intentions, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te issued a stern five-point message of independence Sunday, rebuking China as "the root cause of regional instability" and "the destruction of regional peace."
"Taiwan will not, under pressure, give up national sovereignty and dignity, or its democratic and free way of life," the president wrote in a Facebook post Sunday, as translated by multiple sources.
"Taiwan will never be sacrificed or traded."
Lai's comments were his first direct response to the summit last week in Beijing between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping that raised concerns in democratically governed Taiwan about the potential of a Chinese invasion.
TRUMP WARNS TAIWAN NOT TO EXPECT BLANK CHECK FROM US MILITARY AFTER INTENSE XI SUMMIT
Trump remains mum on new weapons sales to Taiwan, but stressed the U.S. was "not looking to have somebody say, 'Let's go independent because the United States is backing us'."
Long-term Taiwan-U.S. security cooperation and arms sales were based on the Taiwan Relations Act, Lai said, referencing the 1979 law that mandates the sale of weapons to the island.
"This is not only a U.S. security commitment to Taiwan, but also the most important deterrent force over the years against actions that undermine regional peace and stability," he wrote.
CHINA’S GLOBAL AGGRESSION CHECK: TAIWAN TENSIONS, MILITARY POSTURING, AND US RESPONSE IN 2025
While the Trump administration in December approved an $11 billion arms sales package, the largest ever, Reuters reported that a second one worth some $14 billion still awaits his nod.
Lai's five-point Facebook message was a stern rejection of China's claims of control over Taiwan, and a call for Trump's self-defense assistance:
CHINA LAUNCHES LARGE MILITARY DRILLS AROUND TAIWAN TO ISSUE 'SEVERE WARNING'
There was no immediate response from China or the White House to his comments.
While Trump said he listened to Xi Jinping's positions on Taiwan, he was clear in saying he would not reveal whether he would act in defense of Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.
"We thank President Trump for his continued support for peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait since his first term, including the continued increase in the scale and value of arms sales to Taiwan, which have helped Taiwan strengthen its self-defense capabilities," Lai wrote.
TAIWAN 'WILL NOT ESCALATE, BUT WILL NOT YIELD' TO CHINESE INTIMIDATION, FOREIGN MINISTER WARNS
"Ensuring peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait has always been a high-level consensus and common interest shared by Taiwan, the United States and democratic countries around the world. Taiwan will never be sacrificed or traded. Finally, I want to emphasize again that peace depends on strength, on the will of our people to defend freedom and democracy, and on firm cooperation with friends and allies," his lengthy post concluded.
"Taiwan will continue to shoulder the responsibility of improving its self-defense capabilities, firmly defend democracy and freedom, maintain the status quo with neither arrogance nor submission, and make active contributions to regional and global peace and prosperity."
Reuters contributed to this report.
MotoGP racer hurtles through the air in terrifying crash, suffers serious injuries
Spanish MotoGP rider Alex Marquez was involved in a serious crash during a race at the Catalunya Grand Prix on Sunday.
Marquez collided with then-race leader Pedro Acosta as the two jockeyed for position. His motorcycle flipped over several times after he was thrown to the ground. Acosta’s motorcycle slowed down unexpectedly and Marquez couldn’t avoid him on the track.
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The biker was sent hurtling through the air as his vehicle ripped apart.
Marquez was conscious after the crash he was taken to the hospital for "further evaluation," according to race officials. His injuries were not considered to be life threatening, according to Spanish media.
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Marquez’s fellow MotoGP racer, Johann Zarco, was also sent to the hospital following a wreck.
"Álex Márquez physical conditions update: Marginal fracture of C7; further evaluation will be completed next week. Right clavicle fracture; it will be stabilized with a plate. He will undergo surgery today by the team at Hospital General de Catalunya," his team said in a post on X.
Zarco’s leg got entangled on the rear of another rider’s motorcycle. He was trapped as the bike flipped over several times. He was taken to the hospital for further evaluation.
Red flags came out after both incidents.
Fabio Di Giannantonio managed to attain a first-place finish despite pieces of Marquez’s bike hitting him during the crash.
"Today has not been an easy day for everybody. I really hope that Alex is fine," he said, via Reuters. "We've been really lucky. We know that our sport is amazing. We try to give an amazing show, but also we are humans and we are in danger. So I really hope that everybody is safe."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.