11 yr Old Lincoln Brookens - Remembering A Rider

[Motodad393]

By staff reports, March 9, 2009
Last updated: Monday, March 9, 2009 3:47 PM EDT

An 11-year-old boy died Saturday from injuries suffered in a motorcycle race crash at Doublin Gap Motocross in Hopewell Township.

Lincoln Brookens of Wyalusing, Bradford County, died of multiple traumatic injuries, according to Dauphin County Coroner Graham Hetrick. An autopsy was performed Monday morning. Hetrick said the death was accidental.

Emergency responders aboard a Newburg-Hopewell Volunteer Fire Co, rescue unit dispatched to the Doublin Gap track summoned a Life Lion helicopter to the scene, according to company Chief Ed Hoover.

Hoover says the boy was transported to the baseball field in Newburg, where the helicopter landed and flew the victim to Hershey Medical Center.

Cumberland County Dispatch records show the initial dispatch came at 3:02 p.m.

Hoover said there was no ambulance on standby at the race track when units from Newburg-Hopewell were summoned Saturday. A Shippensburg Area EMS ambulance was stationed at the track for Sunday’s Wyatt Barto Memorial Race — the season opener at the track just south of Newburg.

Track partner Rod Yentzer said Monday he no comment on Brookens’ death “out of respect for the family.”

He later noted that Saturday was a practice day and an ambulance typically would not be on standby then.
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Sadly this article came to my attention. I hope his family can find some peace and solice in this tragic time. Please let us know if we may assist his family.

May Lincoln Brookens "Rest in Eternal Peace!"



Lincoln Brookens will not be forgotten!

[VAL]

Prayers going out for family and friends. He looks like a very nice boy, so sad. Was he a friend of yours Mike?

[Motodad393]

Val,
I did not know this young man, but came across the tragedy on the internet. Eleven years is such a young age to die. I am just sensitive in a different kind of way to parents who lose a child - regardless of how they pass, the results are the same.

I so wish that NO parent ever had to bury a child. Visualize, what a world that would be!

The reality of moving on "in and with life" after a loss like this takes years - and some never make it back. I simply want to help as many as I can - find a way to re-engage. There is no right/wrong way to grieve and recover. Parents who know the realities and have experience a loss like this can often times provide guidance. I believe that there is some "comfort" in knowing that a grieving parent is not alone in the "journey that has no rules."

I so appreciate folks who CARE enough and make a difference. Off-road Riders and On-road Riders truly make a difference and are the "finest people" I have ever had the pleasure of being associated with!

I have a strong affinity for the ATM'ers of the World!

[The Kimster]

Lincoln you will never be forgotten. Rest in peace.
Thoughts and prayers go out to Lincoln and his family.

[VAL]

I get all choked up every time I read/hear of something like this, I can only imagine the shear agony of a loss like this.

[MXtras]

Unimaginable to me, as a parent, to think of losing a child at such a young age - I hope to never know such agony.

My sincere condolences to the family and friends.

Scott

[DRGSin393]

Thoughts and prayers go out to Lincoln and his family.

[SikspakD]

So sorry to hear about these types of things going on. I really wish the best for his family through their loss. God bless that little dude.

[ctroger24]

I have a 2 1/2 year old and I just got him a PW50 and he is still too young to ride it but loves that thing more than anything already and I just couldnt imagine something like this happening. Just a reminder that things can happen and how dangerous it can be, even when it seems harmless. My prayers go to the family.

[Duran676]

very sad, my prayers go out to there family.

[b-bike393]

To soon, way to soon. The Brookens family will be covered in prayers.

[Flash393]

Prayers for Lincoln and his family, such another terrible lost.

Mike I'm sure you've all ready thought of it but I just wanted to post it. With sadness please add Lincoln Brookens to our riders not to be forgotten list.

GOD SPEED LINCOLN !!!

[Y2K YZ250]

That's truly tragic...... Sometimes I wonder if I'm doing the right thing getting my sons involved in riding...But then again, you can't keep them in a bubble..

RIP

[connor 798]

We were at the track that day. My son had fallen off his bike and was taken to hershey,(luckly he wasnt seriously injured) We heard another trama had been flown in from the track. I was also wondering how to get him into a safer sport, but he said "mom Im doing what i love to do"

My heart goes out to Lincoln and his family
all our prayers!

[yzernie]

A truly sad situation. My prayers go out to the family.

When my sons were young (now 25 & 23) I used to ponder what I could do to protect them from injury. Other than locking them in a closet, injuries are going to happen during sporting activities. We always hope they are not serious however, sometimes and as unfortunate as they are, these things happen. I hope the family has solace in the fact he was doing something that he enjoyed. Godspeed little fella.

[MattsMom742]

Godspeed Lincoln. My thought and prayers go out to his family and friends. I, too, know the pain of losing a son.

[proud mom of 65k]

Your family will be in our thoughts and prayers. God speed Lincoln.
Lisa Frailey-Boorom and Kayla (65K) Boorom