Another North Country child dies motor sporting

I know a lot of you think I’m a broken record on the subject of kids and motor sport safety.

But I want to keep throwing out there the fact that these hobbies are very high risk. At the very least, parents should go in eyes wide open.

The latest tragedy involves 15-year-old Kyle Cootware of North Lawrence, who died last Sunday while competing in a motorcycle race in Moira in Franklin County.

State police say Kyle lost control of the motorcycle while going over a jump.

The child was airlifted to Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, where he died from his injuries.

It’s heartbreaking and you have to grieve for the boy’s family. It’s also a time for every family that takes up these sports to have a good, frank dinner table conversation.

Is this hobby worth the risk? Are we taking every possible precaution? Are there safer, healthier sports that our family, our children, could take up?