Rising star Marco Simoncelli died in a brutal accident in the MotoGP race at Sepang in Malaysia today. He was predicted by some to be a future champion and was just 24. As the video says, viewer discretion advised.

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That's Colin Edwards slamming into him and Valentino Rossi who gets bounced off in to the grass.

Tribute video on the MotoGP site:

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He was an aggressive competitor and showed a lot of promise. It's an unfortunate loss...

Very sad and one of the strangest crashes I've seen in Motorcycle Racing....RIP

Ouch.