Dakar: spectator dies after collision

Posted on 10-01-2016 at 9:52 by MauritsH – 17 Comments”

Disaster struck during the seventh stage of the famous rally.

On the route from Uyuni (Bolivia) to Salta (Argentina) became the Frenchman Lionel Baud in his Mitsubishi Lancer was involved in a accident in which a 63-year-old spectator, the death found. About the exact circumstances of the incident is not so much known, the Bolivian authorities are currently investigating.

During the prologue of this edition of the Dakar rally went all wrong, as were several spectators injured in a single accident. Last year died under andereneen motorcycle racer during the grueling trek through South America, three years ago, demanded the rally of the last fatalities among spectators.