Quentin Lavallee, chief mechanic of the #726 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 that the PH Sport team had managed to bring back to Dakar Classic, died from injuries sustained in a road accident 234km into the transport section.
The incident occurred at 11:30am local time and, according to local authorities, involved the assistance car and a local truck. The Frenchman was only 20 years old.
The team’s co-driver, Belgian Maxime Frere, has been taken to the National Guard Hospital in Jeddah for tests to determine the extent of his injuries. He initially reported abdominal and chest contusion.
“This morning at 11:30, on the assistance liaison route, an accident involving an assistance vehicle and a local truck, according to local police authorities, occurred at kilometre 234,” read an official statement from ASO.
“The driver of the car belonging to the team PH Sport, Quentin Lavallee, of France, very sadly passed away in the accident. He was 20 years of age. His passenger, the Belgian Maxime…
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