Iconic motorcycle racer Ralph Hudson has died aged 69 after a high-speed crash at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Hudson was attempting to break a speed record but reportedly crashed while travelling at 252 miles per hour last month.
He was rushed to hospital following the accident and was in a critical condition for a time before stabilising, but a statement confirmed his death on Monday. "It is with a breaking heart I must inform our racing community that Ralph Hudson succumbed last night to the injuries he suffered at Bonneville on August 14," Hudson's family said in a statement via the Southern California Timing Association. "He was surrounded by his son David, myself [Leslie Murray] and his best friend of 30 years, Linda.
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