In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a man died after falling from the third storey of an apartment building while he was watching the New York City Marathon. At before 12.30 p.m. on Sunday, the 24-year-old unidentified person fell from the fire escape at 6th Street and Bedford Avenue.
The victim was not responding when the police got on the scene. According to the police, he was pronounced dead after they hurried him to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.
Authorities are looking into the incident, but they don’t think there was any foul play because he fell while attempting to watch the race. According to the police, his identity has not been made public since his family has not been informed.
Around 8 a.m., the professional wheelchair race got underway. Half an hour before the men’s elite runners took to the course, the women’s elite race started at 8:35 a.m. Soon after, the throngs moved into Brooklyn and then into Queens, crossing from Staten Island.
