Dutch rider Straver dies a week after Dakar fall


FILE PHOTO: Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 11 - Shubaytah to Haradh - Saudi Arabia - January 16, 2020 Edwin Straver's Edwin Straver during stage 11 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch motorcycle rider Edwin Straver has died after crashing on the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia last week, local media reported on Friday.

The 48-year-old is the second rider to die as a result of a fall during this year's gruelling event, held for the first time in the Middle East.

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