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14-year-old motorcycle racer dies in Spain crash

MADRID -- A 14-year-old rider has died after a crash in a motorcycle race in Spain.

Racing officials said Marcos Garrido Beltran died from injuries sustained in a race on Sunday at the Jerez Circuit in southern Spain.

Spanish media said Beltran went down at a fast section of the track, with reports that he was run over by another rider.

Medics treated Beltran at the track before transporting him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead nearly an hour later.