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Tomizawa was competing in the eleventh round of the inaugural Moto2 World 
Championship, the San Marino Grand Prix at the Misano World Circuit on 
September 5, 2010. On lap 12, Tomizawa fell at the Curvone, a fast right-hand 
corner, when he was forced wide and lost grip in his front tire. He was then 
hit by the motorbikes of Scott Redding and Alex de Angelis in which he suffered 
cranial, thoracic and abdominal trauma. He was initially taken to the circuit's 
medical centre, before being transferred to hospital in Riccione.He died from 
his injuries at 14:20 local time in hospital, aged 19. His death was announced 
at the end of the MotoGP race. The podium flags were lowered to half-mast, and 
the podium was celebrated without champagne.

Tomizawa was the first on-track fatality at Grand Prix level since his 
countryman Daijiro Kato was killed in the senior class at Suzuka in 2003. 
Tomizawa had placed Kato's racing number 74 on his left shoulder as a tribute 
to him.

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Regards,

Deepak


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