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Rizla Suzuki’s Yukio Kagayama was hospitalized with a broken pelvis after crashing into a barrier during the morning warm-up for Monday’s British Superbike race at Cadwell Park in England.

According to reports out of England, Kagayama was riding his GSX-R1000 Superbike when he collided with a slower rider and hit “crash barriers,” causing the session to be red-flagged. The former All-Japan Road Race Series star was taken to a local hospital where he was diagnosed with a broken pelvis. The other rider involved suffered a broken ankle.

Kagayama’s teammate, veteran John Reynolds, described Cadwell Park as “a dangerous place to race” and told reporters “the track could do with more safety being built in.”

Current AMA Supersport rider Jason DiSalvo described Cadwell Park as “insane” after racing there in 2000. DiSalvo said he was jumping his 125cc GP bike six inches off the ground at one point on the roller-coaster track and said Superbikes could get both wheels over 12 inches off the ground.

Just weeks ago Kagayama told reporters at the Suzuka 8-Hours that he found tracks in England to be dangerous.