Yes, R.I.P Simoncelli.
He died from injury at 4.56pm local time after his bike veered off at turn 11 into the path of Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi. Edwards also fell from the video footage shown all over the prime news but escaped serious injury while Rossi managed to make a pit stop.
Life in the Fast lanes is sure dangerous. Last weekend, in Australia, 2010 MotoGP champ, Jorge Lorenzo crashed during warm-up practice severing a finger.