Kenyan runner Kelvin Kiptum was killed in a car accident on Sunday. The 24-year-old was aiming to run the marathon in less than 2 hours.
James Dean, Steve Prefontaine, Ivo Van Damme and Braian Toledo also died in car accidents. The late American actor James Dean is mistakenly attributed with the phrase “live fast, die young and leave a beautiful corpse,” writes Frida Ghitis in her book “The Death of James Dean”