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Thursday, Apr 12, = 2007

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Missouri teen dies in crash at track

By DEANNA BOYD

STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER

SUTTERER FAMILY

Justin Sutterer, a high school junior, made = straight A's=20 and had earned a college scholarship.

TARRANT COUNTY -- A Missouri teen here for a motocross competition = died=20 Sunday after he was struck by another motorcyclist while trying to get = off the=20 track after wrecking his bike.

Justin Sutterer, 17, was pronounced dead at 12:10 p.m. at a Fort = Worth=20 hospital.

His death, caused by blunt-force trauma to the head, has been ruled = an=20 accident.

Sutterer's stepmother, Amanda Sutterer, said her stepson had come to = Texas=20 with his mother and stepfather to compete in a qualifying event at the = Village=20 Creek Motocross Park, south of Fort Worth in unincorporated Tarrant = County.

Officials with the motocross park could not be reached for = comment.

Justin was ranked among the best in his class in Missouri, according = to the=20 Missouri State Motocross Championship Series Web site.

"He's been doing motocross since he could get on a motorcycle, since = he was a=20 toddler," Amanda Sutterer said. "He goes all over. He was trying to get = in the=20 pro circuit."

Justin, a high school junior in his hometown of Union, Mo., made = straight A's=20 and had already received a college scholarship offer, Amanda Sutterer = said.

"He was going to be an engineer. He was a very smart kid," she = said.

Justin's father, Jeffrey Sutterer, is in the military and currently = serving a=20 second tour in Iraq.

Amanda Sutterer said she wanted someone to be with her husband when = he=20 learned of his son's death, so she sought the assistance of the Red = Cross rather=20 than calling him to deliver the news.

She said the Red Cross did not reach him in time.

"Jeff got onto his computer this morning. He, a lot of times,=20 instant-messages Justin," Amanda Sutterer said. "A lot of Justin's = friends are=20 on his mailbox and some of his friends were talking [about Justin's = death].

"Unfortunately, instead of the Red Cross telling him, he found out = about it=20 over the Internet. That was a horrible way for him to find out."

Amanda Sutterer said her husband was trying to catch a flight back to = Missouri, where he will face the task of burying the oldest of his two = sons.

"It's just awful. I'm still in shock," Amanda Sutterer said. "I've = been with=20 Justin since he was very young. He's just like one of my own."

Deanna Boyd, 817-390-7655 dboyd@star-telegram.com=20