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Bolt in shock as friend dies in moto crash

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A man looks at the wreckage of the bike of Jamaican-born British high jumper Germaine Mason at a police station in Kingston, Jamaica, on April 20, 2017. Sprint superstar Usain Bolt was caught up in a fatal motorcycle crash in Jamaica which claimed the life of Germaine Mason, the British high jumper who won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, media reported. Jamaican-born Mason, 34, died Thursday in the early morning crash which occured near Kingston, police said, when he lost control of his motorcycle.Jewel SAMAD / AFP

Sprint superstar Usain Bolt was caught up in a fatal motorcycle crash in Jamaica which claimed the life of Germaine Mason, the British high jumper who won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, media reported.

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