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 Runner, 58, finishes NYC Marathon, collapses, dies 
(Agencies) 
 
Updated: 2008-11-03 15:32 NEW YORK -- A Brazilian runner has collapsed and died after finishing the New York City Marathon. Police say 58-year-old Sao Paulo resident Carlos Jose Gomes had just passed the finish line around 4:30 Sunday afternoon when he complained about feeling ill. They say he was taken by ambulance to a Manhattan hospital, where he died shortly after. No cause of death has been disclosed. At least two other runners fell ill during the race and had to be hospitalized.  |