British Superbike racer "Chrissy Rouse" dies after crash aged 26

metalmachine · Oct 7, 2022

British Superbike rider Chrissy Rouse has died after a crash at Donington Park at the weekend.

Organisers said the 26-year-old "passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family in hospital" on Thursday afternoon.
The Newcastle rider suffered a serious head injury after being unavoidably hit by a following rider on the first lap of Sunday's race.
Rouse was treated at the side of the track and taken to the circuit's medical centre, where he was put in a coma. He later had emergency neurosurgery at a Nottingham hospital.
The race organiser MSVR said it was investigating the incident with the coroner, police and the Motorcycle Circuit Racing Control Board.
Rouse moved into British Superbikes this season and rode for Crowe Performance BMW, the same team he won the national superstock title with in 2020.
He was also a maths teacher.
Rouse's death was announced on the same day British motorcycle racing also lost its most successful racer ever.