World’s oldest marathon runner, Fauja Singh, dies
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Fauja Singh, a British-Indian man believed to be the world's oldest marathon runner, has died after being hit by a car in India at the age of 114. Police say Singh was crossing a road in the village where he was born in Punjab when an unidentified vehicle hit him. Locals took him to hospital, where he died.
A British runner, who first ran the London Marathon at the age of 89, has died in a road accident. Fauja Singh, aged 114, was hit by a car and suffered fatal injuries while trying to cross a road.
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