Le Dakar #11: Etappe 5!

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Op donderdag 10 januari 2013 19:05 schreef Breaker.Faker het volgende:
Hans Stacey ligt uit de rally.

Hans Stacey is uit de Dakar Rally. Hij sloeg met zijn Iveco over de kop. De truck is zwaar beschadigd, de bemanning is ongedeerd.

Op 80 kilometer in de zesde etappe van de Dakar Rally, tussen Arica en Calama in Chili, schoot Stacey over de rand van een hoog duin en rolde de truck ongeveer honderd meter naar beneden. Volgens Fabien Calvet, de wedstrijddirecteur van de trucks, is de auto een aantal keren over de kop gegaan. ‘De wagen is zeer zwaar beschadigd, maar de bemanning – Hans Stacey, Bernhard der Kinderen en Detlef Ruf – is ok. Het team is bij de truck, maar er is geen contact mogelijk: ze zijn buiten bereik van het gsm-netwerk en de iritrack, waarmee ook satellietcontact mogelijk is, is kapot. Waarschijnlijk is de antenne beschadigd bij het rollen. Er is een helikopter van de organisatie ter plaatse.’

Volgens Calvet ligt de 504 op een moeilijk te bereiken plaats onder aan het duin. ‘De assistentie van Team De Rooy is onderweg om te kijken of en hoe de truck te bergen is. Als hij nog kan rijden, zal het wel lukken, maar als de auto niet meer kan rijden, wordt het erg lastig. Er kan geen trailer bij komen.’

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Op donderdag 10 januari 2013 19:13 schreef Peterselieman het volgende:

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Echt heftig gegaan dus ...

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Dakar Rally crash leaves two people dead and three British men injured

Two people have died and three British members of the Race2Recovery team have been left badly injured following a three-vehicle accident in South America during the Dakar Rally.

A spokesman for the team said a support vehicle in which the three team members were travelling was involved in a head-on collision in Peru. The incident is reported to have involved two taxis, one of which was hit, while the other overturned several times as it tried to avoid the collision.

The driver and a passenger in the first taxi were both killed, while the three British men in the support vehicle were among seven people who were injured and taken to hospitals in Tacna, Peru.

The three, part of the team of injured soldiers taking part in the challenge, were named as Justin Birchall, 40, a team driver and civilian volunteer from Burnley, Lancashire, whose Wildcat vehicle retired earlier in the race, the former Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer and Gulf War and Falklands war veteran Lee Townsend, a team mechanic, from Yate near Bristol, and the retired Army Major John Winskill, 42, the team logistics expert, who is from Durrington, near Salisbury, Wiltshire.

The men were transferred to a local hospital and later flown by aircraft to another hospital in Lima where they are said to be "stable and conscious" with injuries described as "non-life-threatening". Their families have been informed of the accident by other team members.

The crash happened when their vehicle, a Land Rover Defender, was travelling in convoy on day five of the rally with other support vehicles in the Peruvian town of Tacna, near the Chilean border.

The team leader Captain Tony Harris said: "Our hearts go out to the families and relatives of those who have died in this tragic accident and we offer them our condolences and sympathy.

"Our entire team has been struck by the friendliness and support we have received from the Peruvian people since arriving for the Dakar Rally."

He said that the team had unanimously agreed to continue the challenge with the two remaining Wildcat vehicles.

"The team decided before we even started that we would continue our endeavour. This is obviously a huge shock but we know that we have the blessing of the injured. They want the team to finish," the captain added.

The accident, which is believed to have happened at 9.30pm local time on Wednesday, is being investigated by the local police in Peru and the team is being supported by the race organisers.

The Race2Recovery team, which has been raising funds for forces charities since 2011, is hoping to become the first disability team to complete the challenge.

The rally, which began in Lima on Saturday and ends in Santiago, Chile, on 20 January, will see the team travel 5,600 miles of extreme mountain and desert terrain that will take them through southern Peru, across the border into Argentina and then to Chile over 15 days.

The Race2Recovery team began the race with four Wildcat race vehicles along with additional support vehicles but will now continue with just two race vehicles.

The fleet of support vehicles includes a 4x4 truck racing with it, plus 8x8 support trucks and a number of Land Rover Discovery vehicles to help move the support team and mechanical equipment.

The team has the motto Beyond Injury – Achieving The Extraordinary, and set up its Dakar Rally challenge to inspire people who may be injured, ill or facing adversity.

The 28-strong team includes British and US servicemen who were wounded in combat and have missing limbs, spinal injuries and psychological and fragmentation injuries.

They received royal backing when it became the first recipient of a grant from the Endeavour Fund, set up by the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.

All proceeds raised by the team go to the Tedworth House Personnel Recovery Centre, Tidworth, Wiltshire, which is part of a Government-led initiative to help wounded and sick servicemen and women recover.

A host of celebrities including Dame Kelly Holmes and Robbie Williams took to social media to show their support for the Race2Recovery team and wish them luck as they set off. The Olympic and Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, a motoring enthusiast, sent a video message praising them for putting the focus on ability rather than disability.

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Op donderdag 10 januari 2013 20:22 schreef Skwish het volgende:
Gerard komt als 2e door in WP8

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Op donderdag 10 januari 2013 20:43 schreef Dekatria het volgende:
Stacey weer onderweg, naar verluid.

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Op donderdag 10 januari 2013 20:44 schreef Peterselieman het volgende:

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klopt. Hij rijdt weer. Had dat niet verwacht

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Op donderdag 10 januari 2013 20:45 schreef motorbloempje het volgende:

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Heus? Zelfs het De Rooy team heeft gecommuniceerd dat ze eruit lagen?