The following is in the words of a very close an personal friend of Jerico who was with him when he had his accident.
On May 13, Jerico Littrell had a very
serious accident on the same step-up that Dalton Johnson wrecked on at Daniels
Ridge MX in Taylorsville, NC. Jerico was a very experienced rider and always put safety first. However, he cleared the step-up but got caught in an
old fashioned endo and landed face first into hardpack dirt. I have seen him
hit this same jump countless times before and always landed it without any
problems. We hardly had any
cell reception but we finally got through to 911 and they airlifted him to
Carolina Medical Center. He completely separated his shoulder, broke ribs,
punctured his lung and has severe brain trauma. On June 1st Jerico
passed away do to his brain injuries.
Jerico was self-employed and his wife stays at home with their 1 year old baby
daughter. He is was only 28 years old. His
family live in Missouri and his wife's live in Iowa so they don't have a lot
of local support other than their church and friends.
I am asking for everyone out there in the motocross world and everyone else to pray for Jerico's family. Anything that can be done would be great.
Thank you!
Jimmy