Sunday 22 May 2022 01:37 PM Runner who collapsed and died just after finishing the Brooklyn Half-Marathon ... trends now
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The runner who collapsed and died just after crossing the finish line at the RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon on Saturday on the hottest May day ever recorded in the Northwest region has been named as 32-year-old David Reichman.
Reichman collapsed at the finish line in Coney Island about 9:30 a.m., about two and a half hours after the 13.1 mile race started, CBS reported.
Temperatures in New York soared from below 60F at dawn to nearly 80 degrees by morning, and reached the 90s by the afternoon.
Paramedics made their way through a crowd of runners at the RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon on Saturday after a man died near the finish line and five others were hospitalized
The 32-year-old runner collapsed just a few blocks away from the finishing
Reichman and five other runners participating in the 13.1 mile race were hospitalized and taken to Coney
