Driver who ran over and killed world’s oldest marathoner Fauja Singh arrested
The police in India arrested a man who was alleged to have turned his car into an British national who believed to be the oldest marathon runner.
Fauja Singh died at the age of 114 after a car was shot while trying to cross a road in Beas Pind in Jaladhar, Jaladhar in the Western province of Punja on Monday.
Punjab police reported that 33 -year -old Amritpal Singh Dhillon was arrested on Tuesday night from his home in Jalandhar region. The suspect said the police returned from the town of Bhogpur when the incident took place.
In his complaints, the police said that the vehicle was accelerating and that the driver escaped from the scene instead of taking Singh to the hospital after the accident. After coming to India from Canada about eight days ago, the suspect bought a white Toyota Fortuner from a local local. Hindustan Times notified.
Singh on the roadside Eatery or more When Fortuner hit him on Monday. Gurdeep Singh, which manages Eatery, India Times This Singh was eating in Dhaba every few days. Singh said, “He sat for a simple meal and sat for tea. It was a little pilgrimage to be close to his son’s photo.”
“People often took a selfie with him. We were proud to be here.”
It was said that Singh was born in Punjab in April 1911 in Punjab before the independence. The youngest of the four children in a farming family could not walk until the age of five.
He moved to England and settled in Ilford, East London in 1992 after the death of his wife Gian Kaur in Jalandhar.
He started running until the age of 89 until 2000, completing his first marathon in London in six hours and 54 minutes, rose to fame-90 plus age group 58 minutes faster than the best world.
He made a series of records for marathon times in more than one age parenthesis, and the centenary year was a source of inspiration for countless athletes by running the marathon after the age of 100.
The personal personal came to the Toronto Marathon in 2003 and ran the course in just five hours and 40 minutes.
Eight years later, he was the first hundred of years to run a marathon and retired at the age of 101 after he became a torch for the London 2012 Olympics.
Fauja Singh’s coach Harmander Singh in SİHS in the city said that he would devote all the club’s activities to celebrate Singh’s life and success until March next year. Instead of buying flowers from mourning, he asked them to donate the club building attractiveness.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Singh in the tribute was “because of his unique personality and inspiration for a very important fitness issue for India’s youth”.
“He was an extraordinary athlete with an incredible determination. He suffered because he passed away. My thoughts with his family and with countless fans in the world.
Labor Deputy Preet Kaur Gill paid Runner to Runner and sent it to X: “It is sad to hear Fauja Singh.
Im I was honored to meet him. A really inspiring man. Discipline, simple life and deep humility left a permanent trace on me. To remind the age is just a number, but the attitude is everything. Rest in power, legend. ”
