The Race to Dakar has been marred by injuries to three Britons after they were involved in a road traffic accident in South America, which left two others dead, reports CNN.
The support vehicle, a Land Rover Defender, was involved in a head-on collision in the town of Tacna, Peru, close to the Chilean border.
Two other vehicles were involved in the smash, in which two lost their lives and others were injured.
The three Race2Recovery members were taken to hospital and later flown to hospital in Lima, where they are said to be “stable and conscious”. The injuries have been described as “non-life threatening”.
The three men, who are part of a team of injured soldiers taking part in the challenge, were named as Justin Birchall, 40, a team driver and civilian volunteer whose Wildcat vehicle retired earlier in the race, former Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer and Gulf War and Falklands war veteran Lee Townsend, a team mechanic, and retired Army Major John Winskill, the team logistics expert.
