Man dies after collapsing before race (From Watford Observer)
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Man dies after collapsing in High Street before start of Abbots Langley Tough Ten
2:20pm Wednesday 10th October 2012 in News
By Rebecca Perring, Reporter
A man who collapsed just minutes before runners were to set off for the 5k race in the Abbots Langley Tough Ten has died.
The man, who is in his 80s, was walking to the shops and not involved in the race, collapsed in Abbots Road, near the junction of the High Street at 9.45am on Sunday (October 7).
East of England Ambulance Service sent an ambulance from Watford and a response car from Garston to the scene and the man was rushed to Watford General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The death is not being treated as suspicious and is thought to be a possible heart attack.
