Med sommerens mange arrangementer og ikke mindst landsstævnet in mente blot denne llille reminder om at passe på ved bjærgningsopgaver.
At det kan ikke alene kan være sjovt, men også dødsensfarligt fremgår med al ønskelig tydelighed af en tragisk ulykke under det igangværende Transoriental Rally 2008.
En kinesisk deltager blev dræbt, da han under et forsøg på at hjælpe en fastkørt konkurrent fri, da en sprængt wire ramte ham med fuld kraft i ansigtet.
Citat fra
www.marathonrally.com:... yesterday morning in Russia at 7:25 a.m. local time (5:25 a.m. FT - 3:25 a.m. GMT), on the route of the special stage. The official Chinese driver of the Team Zhengzhou Nissan, Xu Lang, stopped to help another vehicle that had got stuck. The towing cable broke and struck Xu Lang full force in the face.
Assistance was rendered very quickly by the surgeon who had been aboard the immobilized vehicle, and later by the Transoriental's physicians. The medical helicopter arrived 10 minutes after the accident. Suffering from multiple neurological injuries, Xu Lang was transferred to the hospital in Orenburg (Russia) in serious condition. Well-liked by all, this fine professional racer succumbed to his injuries this morning.
Pas på derude, både på jer selv og andre. Husk de gyldne regler for bjærgning.
God sommer til alle.
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