Sequana Joi Harris (December 11, 1976 – August 14, 2017) was an American

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road racer and

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. She was the first

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woman licensed as a motorcycle road racer, racing professionally since 2014, while beginning motorcycling in 2009. She was killed while filming a motorcycle

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, doubling as "Domino" on the set of ''

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'', when the bike she was riding crashed near the Shaw Tower.

Racing career

Harris promoted road racing to women and also the African American community. She learned how to ride a motorcycle in 2009. She started racing in 2012 and gained her racing license in 2013. She started racing professionally in 2014, becoming the first African American woman in motorcycle road racing to ever do so. She then set up her own racing team, Threader Racing, racing as #24. In 2017, she raced in the NJMP and SPR classes on the CCS circuit of ASRA where she had a win on the 2017 circuit.

Death

Harris was on her first shoot as a stuntwoman, performing for ''

'', in 2017. On August 14, 2017, during filming, Harris was riding without a helmet in downtown Vancouver when she lost control of her bike, hit a curb, and was thrown into the Shaw Tower. She had been doubling for actress

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, playing Domino in ''Deadpool 2'', and died on the scene. This marked the second death in two months of a stunt performer in

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, following the July death of stuntman John Bernecker on the set of '' The Walking Dead'' TV series. ''Deadpool 2'' was dedicated to Harris.

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Racing career

Death

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