Heartwarming last message motocross star Jayden Archer shared with his mum just minutes before he died in horror training accident.
An Australian motocross star sent a touching message to his mother just minutes before he tragically died while practising the daring jump that made him famous.
Jayden Archer, 28, crashed during a training accident in Melbourne on February 21 as he attempted a triple backflip – a move he was the first person to successfully pull off during a freestyle motocross competition.
Archer, affectionately known as Jayo, was farewelled by family and friends in a service at Cumulus Chapel in Melbourne’s Dandenong South this week.
His mother Tracey described to the gathered mourners the last interaction she had with her son in the moments before his fateful ride.
‘Fourteen minutes before my beloved son left this earth he screenshotted a quote: ”I am strong because I was raised by a strong woman”,’ she said, reported Seven NewsI will hold onto this for the rest of my life,’ she added.
‘He will never truly leave the ones he loved. He will live on in our hearts and memories for eternity he was and always will be my golden boy Jayo.’