Dakar Rally hit by deaths following road accident

Photos: Dakar Rally: World's toughest race?
Dangerous drive – The Dakar rally, which moved from Africa to South America for security reasons in 2009, is notoriously dangerous and has claimed a number of lives in its history, both among competitors and spectators.
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Photos: Dakar Rally: World's toughest race?
Founding father – The race was the idea of Frenchman Thierry Sabine after he got lost on his motorbike in the desert during the Abidjan-Nice Rally back in 1977. "A challenge for those who go, a dream for those who stay behind," is how Sabine described the inaugural Dakar.
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