The black news of the ninth stage of the Dakar was an accident in which a service truck of the French pilot Lionel Baud was involved, whose car was already immersed in another fatal accident last Saturday, and which had a death toll and five wounded.
The organization confirmed the accident involving both the assistance team and the Mitsubishi car with the number 409, already out of the race since Saturday.
The incident occurred on Route 9 North when the team was returning from Uyuni to the port of the town of Campana, in Buenos Aires, where the vehicles will be shipped back to Europe next Sunday.
Two trucks and four cars intervened in the accident, including Baud’s Mitsubishi and Thierry Dezeiraud, from the ProMan Desert One team, which ended up in the ditch.
«The large vehicle, which was transporting various products, such as sneakers and detergent, after the collision, lost control, collided head-on with the assistance truck, and hit a Peugeot 505. The driver of the latter vehicle, who was literally left behind crushed, he died instantly, “reported local website Cadena 3.
In addition to the two trucks, Baud’s Mitsubishi and this Peugeot 505 also included a Ford Falcon, a Ford Fiesta Kinetic and a Toyota Corolla.
The local police confirmed that the deceased is a man who lives in the Cordoba town of Juárez Celman, although his name has not yet been revealed.
In addition to the dead, two other people are seriously injured and transferred to the Emergency Hospital in the city of Córdoba.
The crash occurred specifically in the small town of Villa Costa Canal, where after the accident the merchandise transported by the second truck was looted, requiring police intervention to disperse the opportunists.
The Frenchman’s Mitsubishi Buggy last Saturday had run over a Bolivian spectator at kilometer 82 of the special from Uyuni to Salta, causing his death. EFE
More tragedies on the Dakar: One dead and five injured leaves an accident
