A French motorbike rider competing in the Dakar Rally died on Friday after crashing into a Chilean police car, organisers reported.
Thomas Bourgin, aged 25, was making his way to the start of the seventh stage when hitting the car coming in the opposite direction.
An inquiry was launched into the precise circumstances of the incident which brings to three the number of deaths in this year’s Dakar.
Bourgin, from Saint Etienne, was found dead at the scene by medical officers, a statement on the race’s official website reported.
French Dakar rally rider dies
