Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after a 63-year-old man died at the War Horse Mud Run in Paris, Ont., just west of Hamilton.
Officers said they responded to the incident just after 11:30 a.m. on Saturday in the area of Dundas Street East and Consolidated Road, where the event took place.
According to investigators, Brant paramedics were called for a man who was found with no vital signs.
Police said the man from Kitchener had been participating in the endurance event and had gone into distress.
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Officers said that multiple attempts were made to revive the victim. He was transported to a Brantford hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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Police remained at the scene for several hours working with organizers of the event to investigate the incident.
Anyone with additional information is asked to call police at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
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