Champion motorcycle racer and Owensboro native Nicky Hayden has died following injuries from a bicycle accident in Italy.
Thirty-five-year-old Hayden died May 22, five days after he was hit by a car while training on his bicycle.
Hayden, who was known as ‘The Kentucky Kid,’ won the MotoGP championship, a motorcycle road racing competition, in 2006.
He was in Italy competing in the Superbike World Championship in just days before the fatal accident.
Hayden was 13th in this season's Superbike standings, riding for the Red Bull Honda team. Several family members had reportedly flown to Italy, including Hayden's mother and brother.