Motorcycling-Spanish Moto2 rider Salom killed in crash (Reuters)
* Salom dies in crash at Circuit de Catalunya * First fatality at MotoGP weekend since 2011 * Pedrosa mourns “great friend” (Adds race to go ahead on changed layout, changes slug) BARCELONA, June 3 (Reuters) – Spanish Moto2 rider Luis Salom died in hospital on Friday after a crash during the second free practice session for the Catalunya Grand Prix, race organisers said. The 24-year-old Mallorcan fell at the high speed turn 12 of Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya and was treated by the medical team before being taken by road to hospital where he underwent surgery. “It is with great sadness that we have to report the passing of Luis Salom,” MotoGP organisers said in a statement.