Aleš Loprais says he did not know he had hit anyone with his truck on the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally until stewards showed him the footage that night.
abc.net.au/news/dakar-rally-leader-ales-loprais-hits-spectator-who-later-dies/101847448Dakar Rally leader Aleš Loprais has withdrawn from the race after hitting an Italian spectator, who later died.
Footage of the incident appears to show Sassinotti conscious immediately after the contact, but Loprais said the man suffered a heart attack on the way to the hospital. "He was injured, he felt nauseous after two to three hours and he had a heart attack while being transported to the hospital," the 43-year-old said in a video on his Facebook page.
The accident occurred during Tuesday's ninth stage, but Loprais said he was unaware of it until after his arrival at the bivouac that night, when stewards showed his team the footage. Loprais said on his Facebook page that the 69-year-old man was taking photographs on the downslope of the dune."I have to admit that me and my crew didn't know about it at all. We've got onboard [cameras] and other videos that prove it, but nothing changes that a human life ended … unfortunately, he was standing under the dune and we didn't see him at all.Sassinotti is not visible in the footage from inside the truck's high cab.
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