Hard blow for the motor world. The pilot Catalan Carles Falcón has died this Monday as a result of the injuries from the fall he suffered in the second stage of the Dakar. After the accident he had to be resuscitated by the trial’s medical services after losing his pulse and was evacuated by helicopter to the Riyadh hospital. Falcón was repatriated to Spain last Friday, but he has not been able to overcome his injuries.
The TwinTrain Racing Team explained in a statement that “the neurological damage caused by cardiorespiratory arrest at the time of the accident” were “irreversible”after the pilot suffered cerebral edema and fractured the C2 vertebra in the fall, in addition to fracturing five ribs, the left wrist and the clavicle.
After the accident suffered in the stage between Al Henakiyah and Al Duwadimi and which forced the pilot to be admitted to a hospital in Riyadh since Monday, the 8th in the morningthe motorcyclist was repatriated to Spain last Friday on a medical plane and had been admitted to the ICU since then in critical condition.
TwinTrain Racing Team highlighted in the text that “Carles was a smiling person, always active and who passionately enjoyed everything he did, especially motorcycles”, in addition to adding that he died “doing something that was his dream, racing the Dakar ” and that “he was enjoying it” because “he was happy on the motorcycle.” “We must remember him for his smile and the happiness he generated in everyone”, maintained the statement, which stated that despite being a computer engineer by training, he was a motorcycle instructor and motorcycle tour guide “out of passion.” The text requested “that Maintain the privacy of the farewell events that will take place in the coming days“and thanked you for your understanding.
Repatriated in critical condition
Last Friday, the team itself stated that it had been repatriated to Spain, where the doctors were going to perform “new tests” as established by the “protocol”, since the pilot needed to undergo emergency surgery for the C2 vertebra, although the intervention It was postponed last Wednesday because the “priority” was to reduce cerebral edema.
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Before his return to Spain, Falcón was admitted in an induced coma in the Riyadh hospital from early last Monday until this Friday, whose medical services authorized his transfer to Spain on Wednesday the 10th.
Falcón, from the Original by Motul category, He fell at kilometer 448 of the second stage special and, alerted by a pilot who was following the motorcyclist, the organizers sent a helicopter, whose medical service attended to the motorcyclist, who was seriously injured after falling with his head on the ground.