The mysterious nature of Michal Hernik’s death at the 2015 Dakar Rally has understandably dampened a lot of the excitement of the event. But now, it appears that we may have the answer behind his sudden passing. According to visordown, tests have revealed that Hernik died because of hyperthermia and dehydration.
There’s no official statement regarding the cause, but the environment surrounding the Dakar Rally, could’ve led to something like these two things happening. As many of you know, hyperthermia is a condition that occurs when a person has excessive body heat while dehydration is an effect of having insufficient water in the body. It’s possible that Hernik, while riding his 450 Rally Replica KTM, suffered from these two ailments, especially with the prolonged conditions of high temperatures and lack of water that he was presumably subjected to at the Dakar Rally.
It’s not clear how dehydrated Hernik was to force him to veer off course and remove his helmet before he died, but hopefully, more information arrives as we learn more about the specific circumstances behind his sudden and unfortunate passing.
Once again, our thoughts and prayers go out to Michal Hernik’s family and friends.
Click past the jump to read more about Michal Hernik’s death.
Michal Hernik's Death Reportedly Caused by Dehydration, Hypothermia originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 12 January 2015 14:00 EST.
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