​The cy­cling com­mu­ni­ty is in mourn­ing fol­low­ing the trag­ic death of for­mer na­tion­al cy­clist Col­in Wil­son. Wil­son, 44, of Diego Mar­tin, passed away af­ter a hor­rif­ic crash on the open­ing day (Good Fri­day) of the East­er In­ter­na­tion­al Cy­cling Grand Prix, held in con­junc­tion with the Caribbean Cy­cling Cham­pi­onships and the Amer­i­can Track Cy­cling Cham­pi­onships.

​The vet­er­an rid­er was com­pet­ing in a six-lap Mas­ters 40-49 event at Skin­ner Park, San Fer­nan­do, when the ac­ci­dent oc­curred. Ac­cord­ing to re­ports, Wil­son at­tempt­ed to avoid a fall­en cy­clist but lost con­trol and struck the fenc­ing lin­ing the track. The im­pact re­sult­ed in a fa­tal in­jury to his neck.

​The sever­i­ty of the in­ci­dent saw med­ical per­son­nel rush to his as­sis­tance as the scene turned dire. De­spite their im­me­di­ate ef­forts, Wil­son suc­cumbed to his in­juries.