Buenos Aires: At least 13 spectators, including five children, were injured when the car of Chinese driver Guo Meiling hit them during the first stage of Rally Dakar 2016 near the Argentinean city of Arrecifes.

The chief of the voluntary firemen corps of Arrecifes, Miguel Sanchez, told Xinhua on Saturday that "13 people were transferred to the Santa Francisca Romana hospital" in the city, 'including five children'.