Caldecott Killed In Dakar Rally
Paul Carruthers | January 9, 2006
Australian Dakar Rally competitor Andy Caldecott, 41, died today as a result of a crash in the 28th edition of the Dakar Rally.
Caldecott, who was running 10th overall after winning stage three in Morocco, crashed in a high-speed section of today’s stage. A helicopter was sent to the scene of the accident, but doctors found that Caldecott was already dead, according to Dakar organizers.
Caldecott was competing in his third Dakar. He finished sixth in last year’s event.
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Paul Carruthers took over as the editor of Cycle News in 1993 after serving as associate editor since starting his career at the publication in 1985. Carruthers has covered every facet of the sport in his near-28-year tenure at America's Daily Motorcycle News Source.
