Wow...sad news. Peace to his family and friends.

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Poor kid. That is heartbreaking. Rest in peace.

Damn...that's sad.

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Sad, indeed. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

Damn! Prayers going out to him and his family.

Wow. I also raced Chase a couple of times, a very down to earth guy. Was surprised when he started posting here.
How very, very sad.

There is a link between concussions, depression, and suicide. I had a friend commit suicide about a month after hitting his head very hard in a crit crash. Not saying that is what happened here, they seem pretty convinced it was accidental overdose. Just my n=1 would tell me to take a second look if the reason was important to me.

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Very very sad situation.

However, the depression and 'accidental' raises a red flag for me. I don't want to disparage the poor guy, but just the mention of depression raises questions about 'accidental'.

The article mentioned he'd weened off pain killers previously but was back on them for a newer accident. IF he was used to taking "3 of the red pills, twice a day" then got on some blue ones that were supposed to be 1 pill, once a day, I can see how he could have accidentally taken the wrong dose. If however, the post mortem finds a bottle of pills in his stomach or blood, then probably not accidental.

As with so many stories, we need to find out more details. Of course, that really doesn't matter as he appears to have been universally admired and it's such a shame for anyone to die so young. My thoughts are with his friends, family and aquaintances.

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"Happiness is a myth. All you can hope for is to get laid once in a while, drunk once in a while and to eat chocolate every day"

Horrible. Very sad.

-Physiojoe

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I believe that anti-depressants and pain medicines do not mix well. The combination tends to create a situation where it slows your breathing down to dangerous levels and is easy to overdose on the combination. Just nasty stuff.

Was really sad to hear about his death yesterday.