The motocross community is in mourning.
Aidan Zingg, a prodigy in the off-road motorcycle racing world, died following a mid-race accident while competing at the 2025 Mammoth Motocross event in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., June 28, according to multiple outlets. He was 16.
The Washington native “went down in a corner during a race” and was then “run over by multiple bikes and remained unconscious on the track for two laps before the race was red flagged,” Dirtbikelover reported. However, the outlet noted that, despite speculation, “he wasn’t involved in a mid-air collision.”
E! News has reached out to local authorities for comment but has yet to hear back.
Aidan’s older sister Alexandria Zingg honored her brother with handful of images and videos on social media alongside a heartfelt tribute.
“It’s been a day and I feel like it’s been a lifetime,” the 18-year-old wrote on Instagram June 29. “My heart is completely broken. You used to joke that I was so old and that I’d die first, I would always joke that you were crazy and you’d be the first. Now I’m sitting here wishing with everything that I am that you were right so I’d never have to live a day without you.”