American cylcocross racer Amy Dombroski died Thursday when she collided with a truck while training, .
Dombroski, 26, was motorpacing in Sainte-Catherine-Waver, Belgium, when occurred. The scooter driver she was following avoided injury. The 52-year-old truck driver was reported sober by Het Nieuwsblad.
U.S. national champion Katie Compton told听VeloNews听that she will miss Dombroski’s enthusiasm on the European circuit.
鈥淪he will be greatly missed; it saddens me that we lost one of our own so young and tragically,鈥 Compton wrote.
Dombroski was a three-time under-23 national cyclocross champion. She is survived by her fianc茅, motorcross racer Ryan Rozinski,听听reports.