Young motocross champ is killed after accident with machinery at his worksite [Video]

01:46 EDT 06 Jul 2024, updated 01:46 EDT 06 Jul 2024

A tight-knit remote community is in mourning after a much-loved 24-year-old state champion motocross rider was killed in a workplace accident.

Jake Williams suffered critical head injuries early Friday while working at the Raglan St joinery in the central Queensland outback town of Roma.

Emergency services rushed to the scene and found Mr Williams unresponsive about 1.50am.

Tragically, he died at the scene.

In 2016 Mr Williams scored two Queensland Motocross Championship victories, winning the 15 years 250cc and also the 13-15 years 125cc at Hervey Bay in the state’s south east.

Website Motoonline.com reported that ‘Mr Williams simply dominated the entire weekend’.

Mr William’s love of motocross is evident from his Facebook and Instagram accounts where he posted plenty of images and videos of him tearing around dirt tracks both for training and competition. 

He had a sponsorship from Yamaha, which provided him with bikes.