A French chief mechanic lost his life in a road accident during the Dakar, we have just learned.
A 20-year-old French chief mechanic, Quentin Lavallée, lost his life in a road accident on the sidelines of the Dakar-2022 in Saudi Arabia, the organizers announced in a press release on Friday.
“His passenger, Maxime Frère, of Belgian nationality, was injured and transported conscious to the National Guards Hospital in Jeddah (west) where a full assessment is underway.“, it is specified.
The mechanic of the French team PH Sport died a few hours before the end of the event, during a liaison on the 12th and last stage of the rally-raid.
The accident took place “around 11:30 a.m.”, at kilometer 234 of a connection which has 516 in total, and involved a “local truck”, according to the press release sent by the organizer ASO.
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