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Horror MotoGP crash leaves rider with broken neck
Key takeaways
- Alex Márquez hit the back of Pedro Acosta and lost control of his bike.
- Alex Marquez was revealed to have a fracture in his L7 vertebrae following a sickening high-speed crash at the Catalan Grand Prix.
- Johann Zarco suffered a serious leg injury after a later crash in which he was trapped in a bike as it flipped, but said his neck brace was "a nuisance".
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Alex Márquez hit the back of Pedro Acosta and lost control of his bike. (Getty Images: Gold & Goose Photography)
Alex Marquez was revealed to have a fracture in his L7 vertebrae following a sickening high-speed crash at the Catalan Grand Prix.
Johann Zarco suffered a serious leg injury after a later crash in which he was trapped in a bike as it flipped, but said his neck brace was "a nuisance".
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