Dakar 2014 claims three lives

Posted on 10-01-2014 at 18:54 by ii – 33 Comments”

Also this year, it’s unfortunately time again: the first deadly victims of Le Dakar 2014 its a fact. Including the Belgian rider Eric Palante.

And that is sad news. The Belgian came yesterday during the fifth stage from Chilecito to Tucuman to life. How exactly, is still unclear. The same day, there are also two journalists died, because they with their Ford Ranger in a ravine collapsed.

The driver was only this morning found a car that yesterday’s stage even nareed. Palantes body was lying at kilometer mark 143. The organization has no appeal for help received from the experienced Belgian. He has been Thursday for the last time in the flesh seen at a point where water was distributed.

Yesterday’s stage was anyway to book as a dangerous one. Even so dangerous, that the cars and the trucks are only on the second part of the route started. On the first section fell out motorcyclists in droves, there was for the two-wheelers is practically no way to get through. They remained, however, intact, then the chances are that they got lost.

Palante reed already for the eleventh time on his Honda. The 21st of this month he would be 51 years.

It is unfortunately the rule rather than the exception that the Dakar lives demands. In fact, the heavy überrally by the South American wilderness is well known that it is just the last adventure may be what you experience.