Local rider S Dinesh Edwin today succumbed to injuries that he sustained on Sunday during a 'pay and practice' session at the MMST race track in Irungattukottai near Sriperumbudur here.
20-year-old Dinesh was battling for life after he suffered a head injury on Sunday at the track.
The unfortunate incident has put the 2013 National Bike Racing Championship scheduled to commence in Coimbatore next month in trouble. The bike racers were now up in arms against the Madras Motor Sports Club, oldest member of Federation of Motor Sport Clubs of India, for lack of facilities at the track.
Over 50 racers, who had threatened to boycott the forthcoming nationals, had met the MMSC officials yesterday and demanded better facilities at the track.
According to Prabha Kran, a national championship racer, the doctors who treated Dinesh had said that "he would not have been brain dead had he been given first aid at the track".
The comments in the social media, mainly by Dinesh's friends, were highly critical of MMSC for failing to provide medical support, for the absence of doctor and ambulance at the track during the 'pay and practice' sessions. They demanded that the run-off areas be improved to prevent serious injuries to riders in the event of a crash.
Meanwhile, MMSC today condoled the death of Dinesh and said in a statement, "It is with regret that we announce that motorcycle rider S Dinesh succumbed to his injuries after an accident at an Open Day for Private Testing at the Madras Motor Race Track earlier this week.
