Motocross prodigy Aidan Zingg has died as a result of injuries sustained in an accident during the Mammoth Mountain MX event in California on Saturday, June 28.
According to industry website Dirtbikelover.com, Zingg, 16, ‘went down in a corner’ during an 250 B class race and was run over by multiple bikes while he remained unconscious on the track. Other motocross outlets, including MX Sports and MotoSport.com, also confirmed Zingg’s death.
Motocross journalist Donn Maeda was among those to pay tribute to Zingg online, calling him ‘one of those kids that made an impression on you from the moment you met him.’
Zingg had recently joined Kawasaki’s Team Green, a national support program for the brand’s drivers, and had sponsorships with Oakley, Bell and more.
A native of Hemet, California, Zingg had just qualified for his seventh consecutive AMA Amateur Motocross National Championship, to held next month at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.