Dakar 2023: Ales Loprais, drowned after running into the dead Italian fan

The organization of the Dakar rally released a statement on Tuesday announcing the death of an Italian fan after an accident on stage 9 of the Dakar 2023 due to a poor position, behind a dune. Now, more details are known after Ales Loprais, leader in the truck category, confirmed in a brutal video that he accidentally ran over the fan, making sure that he did not see him when he was behind a dune Loprais was saddened and deeply moved because he ran into someone who would finally die a few hours later “from a heart attack when he was transferred to the hospital”, but he made sure that he would not see him, supporting his words through pictures from his ‘on board’ camera, where it is clear that the truck’s crew did not see or realize that it had run over a man whose identity Loprais did not disclose, but revealed that he was 69 years old and come to Dakar to enjoy the Spectator race.

“Hello everyone from the bivouac. I have very bad news. When we came back from stage 9, when he was lying down, the stewards showed us a race accident. We hit a guy by bad luck and by accident, a guy who was taking pictures of our truck from behind a dune. And he was injured, nauseated after 2-3 hours and had a heart attack while being evacuated to the hospital. Someone died indirectly because of me, because I piloting” the Czech pilot taught.

“I have to admit that we boys don’t know anything. We have the ‘on boards’ and other videos that prove it, but that doesn’t change the fact that we ended someone’s life. The man is Italian but I don’t know his name, and he is being investigated. He is 69 years old and came to see the Dakar race. And unfortunately it’s behind the dune and we’ve never seen it, none of us. I want to express my condolences to the family. I’m so sorry. This accident is going to stay with me for the rest of my life”, concluded Lopraid, who was obviously affected by what happened on stage 9.