Organisers of the Dakar Rally have announced that amateur rider Pierre Cherpin has died from injuries he sustained in a crash last week. Follow us on Google News to never miss an F1 story again The 52-year-old crashed 178 kilometres into the rally’s seventh stage on Sunday, 10 January. 'During his transfer by medical plane from Jeddah to France, Pierre Cherpin died from the injuries caused by his fall during the seventh stage from Ha’il to Sakaka,' Dakar Rally organisers said in a statement on Friday. 'The driver crashed at km 178, around 1:00 pm. Doctors found him unconscious when they reached him by helicopter. Taken to Sakaka’s hospital, the medical report revealed a severe head...
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