Rising motocross star Aidan Zingg has reportedly died at age 16 following a mid-race accident.
Zingg was competing within the 2025 Mammoth Motocross occasion in Mammoth Lakes, California, on Saturday, June 28, when the reported incident occurred.
“I’ve been instructed that he suffered deadly accidents at Mammoth MX in the present day,” Motocross journalist Donn Maeda wrote by way of Instagram on Saturday. “My coronary heart goes out to the Zingg household. I can’t even fathom what they’re feeling. Relaxation simple, buddy. 🙏🏼.”
Outlet DirtbikeLover claimed that the athlete “went down in a nook throughout a race” and “was reportedly run over by a number of bikes” after the crash and “remained unconscious on the monitor for 2 laps earlier than the race was pink flagged.”
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No additional particulars about Zingg’s loss of life have been shared, together with a reason behind loss of life. Us Weekly reached out to Mammoth Lakes Police Division for remark.
In Maeda’s tribute to Zingg, the journalist famous that the rising motocross star was “a type of youngsters that made an impression on you from the second you met him.”
“I interviewed him for our race sequence years in the past when he was on a 65 and once I requested him how lengthy it’d be till he beat his dad, he smirked and mentioned, ‘Quickly, I’m certain,’” Maeda wrote. “After that, he at all times went out of his technique to say hey, even just lately when he grew into a quick large bike rider…you recognize; the age when teenagers get cocky and funky. Not Aidan.”
The message continued, “I’m in Illinois on the Mini Monsters at Lincoln Path, and I’ve many reminiscences of him at these races. Motocross provides us all a lot pleasure, however it may possibly additionally take from us.”
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Motocross veteran Kris Keefer additionally honored Zingg in a Saturday put up by way of X, writing, “Heavy day at Mammoth Mountain MX. Please put your prayers and ideas in direction of the Ziing [sic] household. Hug your family members and inform them you like them.”
Racer X Illustrated additionally shared a photograph of Zingg whereas sharing their condolences.
“It’s with an especially heavy coronary heart we report on the passing of younger Kawasaki prospect Aidan Zingg ,” the account wrote by way of Fb on Saturday. “Please preserve the complete Zingg household in your ideas and prayers. Godspeed Aidan Zingg 2009-2025.”
In Zingg’s last social media put up shared days earlier than his loss of life, he uploaded a joint video with MotoSport.com of him racing. The Instagram caption learn, “Bear in mind the title… @aidanzingg.”