Victor Steeman’s mother has died just days after his death.
Thedutch motorcycle rider died Tuesdayafter suffering injuries from a race crash. He was 22.
His mother, Flora van Limbeek, thendied of a heart attackat her home in Lathum — a village in the Netherlands — on Thursday, local site Race Sport reported.
Van Limbeek had just returned home afterher son’s death, per Motorcycle Sports.
Race Sport said attempts to revive van Limbeek were unsuccessful, and she died at the age of 59.
Astatement from the familyshared with 7NEWS in Australia reads, “The Steeman family would like to process this immense grief in peace. We would like to kindly but urgently ask everyone to respect this request through this message. The kind request is therefore not to send cards or other attentions to the home address in Lathum.”
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It added, “To give everyone the opportunity to share their grief and to support father and husband Steeman and other family in this bizarre and difficult time, we will come up with a special message about the possibilities for this later today.”
The family went on to send condolences to Willem, Steeman’s father and van Limbeek’s husband, as well as other family members.
“Words are not enough to comfort you in this great loss,” the statement concluded. “We wish you a lot of strength and strength for the coming time.”
On Oct. 8, Steeman was competing in World Supersports 300 (WorldSSP300) Championship in Portugal when he was “involved in a multi-rider incident at Turn 14” during Saturday’s opening race, the global governing body of motorcycle racing — Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) —confirmed Tuesday.
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“Despite the best efforts of the circuit’s medical staff, marshals and hospital staff, Steeman has sadly succumbed to his injuries.”
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The announcement also included a statement from Steeman’s family who revealed in death he was able to save a number of people through organ donation.
source: people.com
