India, April 23 -- Motocross Privateer Jerry Robin crashed in Round 14 of the Monster Energy Supercross season at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and was rushed to the hospital to have his T3-T9 vertebrae fused.

Robin posted a write-up on his Instagram page saying, "Well this is a tough one to write. Had to get T3-T9 fused yesterday after that crash. The [three] into that rhythm was huge and no room for error and unfortunately when I was putting my foot back on the peg the tip of my boot caught my rear brake pedal just barely. Was enough to not make it and with how steep the transitions were it threw [me] forward, landed head first into the next [three] footer and instantly went paralyzed."

Optimistic about his recov...