The nightmare scenario every sports fan has feared from track and field meets took place in Germany when a 75-year-old referee was speared through the neck with a javelin. The Daily Mail (h/t Big Lead ...

A 74-year-old javelin official was killed in Germany when a javelin hit him. Dieter Strack was officiating a youth meet in Dusseldorf when he was struck in the throat. He was rushed to the hospital ...

(WSCR) According to a report from the BBC, a German track and field official has died after being struck in the throat by a javelin. Reports indicate 74-year-old Dieter Strack was measuring the ...

DUSSELDORF – An official at an athletics event in the German city of Dusseldorf has died after being speared in the throat with a javelin. The 74-year-old man was rushed to hospital after the accident ...

BERLIN (AP) -- A German sports official died Monday a day after being struck in the throat by a javelin. The 74-year-old man was officiating at a youth meet in the western city of Duesseldorf when the ...

DUSSELDORF, Germany, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A 75-year-old track and field official has died after being struck in the head by a javelin during a weekend competition in Dusseldorf, Germany, officials say.

(Reuters) – An athletics official has died after being struck by a javelin during a youth meeting in Duesseldorf, Germany, the BBC reported on Monday. Dieter Strack, 74, was hit in the throat by the ...

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An athletics official has died after being struck by a javelin during a youth meeting in Duesseldorf, Germany, the BBC reported on Monday. Dieter Strack, 74, was hit in the throat by the javelin as he ...