East Rand (15) teen dies after accident during off-road race
It is believed he hit a rock and fell
A talented 15-year-old off-road cross country racer died in a Johannesburg hospital on Monday after an accident during a race in Vryburg on Saturday.
Ghislain van der Merwe of Boksburg sustained severe head injuries in an accident in the first round of the SA Cross Country race for quads and bikes and was taken off life support on Monday.
Both Motorsport SA (MSA) and the SA National Off Road Car Racing Association (SANORA) extended their condolences to the Van der Merwe family. He was an only child.
Siegfried Rousseau, executive head of SANORA, said they suspected Ghislain hit a rock with the front wheel of his motorcycle and fell. He was airlifted to a hospital in Vryburg where he was stabilised and then to Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg.
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