The pilot Spanish Carles Falcón died today after spending a week hospitalized due to a serious accident he suffered aboard his KTM motorcycle during the second stage of the 2024 Dakar Rallyconfirmed his Twintrail Racing competition team.
How was the accident of the Spanish driver in the Dakar Rally
He Catalan, 45 years old, who participated in the Rally 2 category, suffered severe head trauma from a fall in the Al Henakiyah-Al Duwadimi section, which caused irreversible neurological damage as a result of cardiorespiratory arrest.
The Portuguese Alexandre Azinhais was the first pilot to reach his position, he detected that he had no pulse and performed resuscitation maneuvers for 15 minutes while the doctors arrived.. He The rescue team managed to revive him and he was taken to a hospital where cerebral edema and a fracture in the C2 vertebra were diagnosed.
«This Monday, January 15, Carles left us. Carles was a smiling person, always active, who passionately enjoyed everything he did, especially motorcycles. He has left us doing something that was his dream, running the Dakar. He was enjoying it, he was happy on the motorcycle. We must remember him for his smile and for the happiness he generated in everyone,” the Twintrail Racing Team announced in a statement.
«Computer engineer by training. Motorcycle instructor and motorcycle travel guide by passion. There are many who have learned alongside him. He taught with patience, energy and happiness, he made everyone enjoy the motorcycle. This is what he has left us and we will always keep with us, all of us who have been close to him, family, friends, colleagues and supporters,” the team honored.
A aboard his KTM motorcycle, rider number 135 was participating in his second Dakar this yearafter finishing 68th last year in the Original by Motul category.
They are death is the 33rd in history among the participants of the traditional rally that began in 1979. This unfortunate payroll is made up of the Argentine Jorge Martínez Boero, who died in the 2012 edition in his country.