Calgary Marathon founder, celebrated Canadian runner dead following southeast crash – Calgary | 24CA News

The household of Doug Kyle is mourning the lack of the 91-year-old pillar of Calgary’s operating neighborhood who based the Calgary Marathon and held quite a few Canadian data.

Kyle died following a Sunday evening crash close to the intersection off 114th Avenue and 84th Street Southeast, a brief distance from Ralph Klein Park.

According to police, the senior was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Spark eastbound when the automotive left the street at a T-intersection.

Investigators imagine no different autos had been concerned within the crash. A preliminary investigation dominated out alcohol and medicines as potential elements.

The sufferer was transported to hospital in non-life-threatening situation however he died a short while later.

In a press release to Global News, relations recognized the crash sufferer as Kyle, the founding father of the Calgary Marathon.

“On behalf of the household of Doug Kyle we wish to thank everybody for his or her greatest needs at this extraordinarily tough time. We are grateful to Doug for his many contributions to Western Canadian Track & Field. As effectively, Doug was a very long time member of the Rotary Club and the Calgary Stampede Pre-arade Committee and was a former president of the Calgary 55+ group. Doug based the Calgary Marathon, and was a founding member of the Calgary Track and Field group (CALTAF).

“Doug will be deeply missed by all of us.”

According to Run Calgary, Kyle’s storied profession included 14 Canadian Open Championships victories and he held Canadian Open data in 11 completely different distances.

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