Runner, 27, dies after collapsing at Minneapolis half marathon

MINNEAPOLIS — A 27-year-old man has died after collapsing during Sunday’s City of Lakes Half Marathon in Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis Park Police Department says the man collapsed along Bde Maka Ska Parkway, with first responders rushing in to help him.
He was taken to Abbott Northwestern Hospital, where he was eventually pronounced dead, according to this statement posted to Facebook by race organizers Run Minnesota:
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as Blake Joseph Groulx of Minneapolis. His cause of death has not been released.