DEXTER, Ore. (AP) — A 47-year-old Oregon man collapsed during a cross-country race and later died.
State police say Joseph Stephen Brooks, of Dexter, was stricken and became unresponsive during a race in Elijah Bristow State Park with 300 other runners late Saturday morning.
People at the race provided first aid until paramedics arrived, but he died around noon.
Authorities didn’t immediately release a cause of death, which is under investigation.
