Overview
- A packed Friday race program produced several crashes, including a Senior TT incident at the 11th Milestone that forced race control to stop the event on lap two.
- Finnish rider Erno Kostamo was treated trackside, taken to Noble’s Hospital and later transferred to Aintree Hospital for leg and hip injuries and is reported as conscious and talking.
- Local rider Jamie Cringle crashed at Union Mills, was moved from Noble’s to Aintree with leg, chest and back injuries, and a public fundraiser has detailed compound fractures and heavy blood loss.
- Michael Evans had a separate crash at Braddan Oak, was assessed at Noble’s Hospital and is reported as conscious and stable with no serious injuries.
- The incidents follow earlier practice‑week crashes that suspended the Sidecar class and left Maria Costello with life‑changing spinal injuries, and they have sharpened focus on the TT’s on‑island emergency care and recent air‑ambulance transfusion capabilities.