Rally driver Xu dies in accident in Russia

China's top driver and two-time Dakar Rally participant Xu Lang died of head trauma after an accident yesterday during the fifth leg of the ongoing Transoriental Rally in Russia.

The 31-year-old Xu was hit in the face by the tow hook of a trailer trying to drag Xu's submerged off-roader out of the mud.

A medical team arrived by helicopter 26 minutes later, but Xu died in a local hospital in Orenburg, Russia, due to "a loss of cerebral substance".