The fall at kilometer 178 of the Dakar stage connects Há'il to Sakaka, an Asian nation. puts French motorcycle rider Pierre Cherpin, 52, fighting for his life. He suffered a traumatic brain injury, the Gallic, pilot of Husqvarna. A rib fracture and he still had severe lung problems, having been urgently transported to a hospital in Sakaka, where he's in an exceedingly medically induced coma so as to preserve vital organs.
Being competing within the Dakar for the fourth time in his career and this was the second serious accident during this edition. Last year, the race was tainted by the deaths of Dutchman Edwin Straver and Portuguese Paulo Gonçalves.
