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Road racer Vicky Jackson-Bell went into surgery Monday at about 4:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, at Arrowhead Medical Center in Colton, California, to undergo repairs to injuries suffered in a motocross crash Thursday.

Jackson-Bell, who was a motocrosser before switching to road racing, was seriously injured when she fell off her 2003 CR125 motocrosser over a jump during a track day at Glen Helen Raceway.

Jackson-Bell was hit by KTM-sponsored professional motocross racer Grant Langston, who, according to Jackson-Bell’s husband and tuner Tony Bell, threw his bike sideways into a tail-whip as he passed Jackson-Bell. His rear wheel hit Jackson-Bell’s arms and upper body and sent her flying off her bike and to the ground from a total height of about 16 feet, counting the height of the jump and the height of the bike over the jump, according to Tony Bell.

Jackson-Bell’s left femur was pushed up through the hip socket–which was broken in 30 places–by the impact, Bell said.

Bell reported that Langston and his mechanic told him at the scene that the collision was Jackson-Bell’s fault and that throwing the bike sideways in mid-air over a jump is a necessary maneuver.

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