Rallying-McRae out of Dakar Rally after crash
05/01/2005 16:12
RABAT, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Former world champion Colin McRae, who had been leading the Dakar Rally, crashed near the end of the sixth stage on Wednesday and is out of the race.
Rally organisers said the Scot appeared to be injured and had been taken by helicopter to the end of the stage in Zouerat in Mauritania.
McRae, driving a Nissan, had started the stage in Smara in southern Morocco with an overall lead of five minutes 28 seconds.
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