3 runners die in Detroit marathon

Posted by admin on Oct 18th, 2009 and filed under Racing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

sports-detroit_marathonAccording to race officials, three men died of what is believed to be cardiac arrest during today’s 32nd Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon.

Two of the men, whose names, ages and hometowns were not being released, collapsed at the finish line. One man collapsed around the 12 mile mark at a fluid station, said Rich Harshbarger, vice president of consumer marketing for the Detroit Media Partnership.

It is unknown if the men were running the full or half-marathon.

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