# Police in India have arrested a man in connection with the death of the world’s oldest marathon runner, Fauja Singh, in a hit-and-run case. The accused was speeding in a SUV when he struck the 114-year-old British-Indian runner. The incident took place in the northern state of Punjab while Singh was out on his afternoon walk. He was a global icon and set records by running marathons across multiple age categories. Singh began running at 89 and ran nine full marathons between 2000 and 2013, when he retired.
Driver held for hit-and-run death of world’s oldest marathon runner