Bull rider, 25, ranked 18th in the world, dies after a 1,700-pound beast stomps on his chest at a Denver competition
- Mason Lowe, 25, died Tuesday at the National Western Stock Show in Denver
- He was bucked off his bull and the 1,700-pound bull’s hind legs crushed his chest
- He got up and took a few steps before grabbing his chest and collapsing
- Mason, from Missouri, was ranked 18th in the world and died in the hospital
A professional bull rider ranked 18th in the world has died after a bull stomped on his chest during a competition.
Mason Lowe, 25, died Tuesday evening at the National Western Stock Show in Denver.
The Professional Bull Riders said Mason, from Missouri, was wearing a mandate protective vest when he was bucked off his bull and the beasts back legs came down on his chest.
Mason was able to stand for a moment before grabbing his chest and collapsing. He was taken to the hospital where he died.
Mason Lowe, 25, died Tuesday at the National Western Stock Show in Denver
He was bucked off his bull and the 1,700-pound bull’s hind legs crushed his chest, pictured in February 2017
Mason was injured while coming out of a chute on a bull weighing about 1,700 pounds and attempting to stay on for eight seconds.
A witness told KCNC-TV that Lowe fell off and was stomped as he tried to get up.
Professional Bull Riders CEO Sean Gleason says the group and the stock show extend sympathies to Lowe’s family.
Gleason said: ‘ We are deeply saddened to report that Mason Lowe passed away this evening following injuries sustained at the PBR event in Denver.
‘The entire PBR and National Western sports family extends our heartfelt condolences and deepest sympathies to Mason’s wife Abbey and his family.’
He got up and took a few steps before grabbing his chest and collapsing (pictured in February 2017)
Mason, from Missouri, was ranked 18th in the world (pictured last year during a rodeo)
Witness Aurora resident Gerardo Alvarez, told CBS Denver: ‘He was thrown off the bull and while he was on the ground the back legs stomped him in the chest while he trying to get up.
‘When he got up he immediately grabbed his chest and stumbled over to the exit and then fell to the ground again grabbing his chest before he could get out of the area. They took him out on a stretcher.’
Mason had begun riding on his family’s farm in Missouri.
In a 2015 interview he said: ‘My dad put me on some milk calves when I was 3, and ever since then I’ve been going to little rodeos and started from junior rodeos to little amateur bull ridings, and now I’m at the ‘Built Ford Tough’ level.