Published on 21 January 2019

Ken Roczen’s trainer paralysed after crash

Ken Roczen alluded immediately after the race that it had been a very tough week for his family in the run up to A2, with Ken later revealing that his trainer and brother in law, Blake Savage, crashed on Monday while riding with Ken and has no feeling from his chest down.

It makes it all the more remarkable that Roczen was able to compose himself and fight for the lead and a podium during the triple crown, eventually finishing fourth overall and keeping the championship lead.

Blake Savage, Roczen’s wife’s brother, says he has spinal cord trauma and swelling but that it is an “incomplete spinal cord injury,” giving him a chance of recovery. Blake also said he is getting more feeling back in his fingers but it will, understandably, be a long road to recovery.

We wish Blake the best as he adjusts to his new situation and recovery.

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#Repost @blakesavage762 ・・・ Some of you may have heard by now but I had a crash on Monday on the motorcycle and Fractured C 5, 6 & 7 in my neck and lost feeling from the chest down. I have some spinal cord shock, swelling, and a small hematoma. Positive news is my test came out as an incomplete spinal cord injury, which gives me hope I can possibly get back to normal activity some day. Surgery went well and I’ve had some up and down days since then but each day making progress. Today I’ve had the most upper body and grip strength so far and can feel finger touch pretty much everywhere but cannot fully move under my own power. It’s going to be a long road ahead to get things back to normal, but I’ve been getting good news and have some great supportive people that have my back. Thank you everyone who has reached out to me and that have came to see me, it means so much to me! Im going to fight hard through this, just like anything else I do 💪 We aRe with you my brother ❤️ we ll get thru this all together ❤️💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 Blake crashed Monday morning riding with me and we had a tough week all together. Focused all week to get the most out of recovery. He is one of the strongest people i know and there is no doubt in my mind he ll pull thru this💪🏽

A post shared by Ken Roczen (@kenroczen94) on Jan 20, 2019 at 5:11pm PST