Africa rally champion Manvir Baryan is currently recovering at the Aga Khan Hospital after his Skoda Fabia crashed during the second leg of the KCB Meru Safari Rally.
The Kenyan rally car driver, together with his English navigator Drew Sturrock saw his race cut short after his car hit a rock while negotiating a bend, rolling several times.
The race had to be halted for about an hour as rally officials debated on whether to take the inured Baryan for treatment in Nairobi.
Sturrock was also taken to hospital for checkups though he had not sustained major injuries.
Onkar Rai, driving a Volkswagen Polo and navigated by Gavin Laurance won the rally, with Carl Tundo and Baldev Chager coming in second and third respectively. Both Chager and Tundo were driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo10.
Here’s a video if the crash:
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