A Runner Died In The Brooklyn Half Marathon

A runner died after collapsing near the finish line of the Brooklyn Half Marathon in New York City on Saturday, authorities said.

The victim was a 30-year-old man who collapsed shortly before 9 a.m. local time close to the finish line of the 13.1 mile race at Brighton Beach Avenue, a New York Police Department spokesperson told BuzzFeed News.

A spokesperson for the organizer, New York Road Runners, told BuzzFeed News that the runner “collapsed after finishing the race” and was immediately attended to by on-site medical staff.

He was found unresponsive and unconscious by EMS officials, police said, and was transported to Coney Island Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The NYPD spokesperson could not provide the cause of death but said he believed it to be cardiac-related.

At least 16 other runners were also transported to the hospital, including five with serious injuries, eight with non-life threatening injuries, and four others with minor injuries, according to the Fire Department.

“We are deeply saddened by the passing of a participant following the 2022 RBC Brooklyn Half,” the New York Road Runners (NYRR) said in a statement to BuzzFeed News. “Our thoughts and sympathies are with the runner’s family and those close to them.”

The statement said that the organizers were closely monitoring weather conditions and that throughout the race, temperatures ranged from the low 60s to high 70s.