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HARRISON - A track-and-field official fatally injured by a javelin mistakenly drifted into the path of a spear thrown by a college athlete, a police report shows.
William A. Scott, 71, of Oaklyn was bleeding from a neck wound, but was alert, conscious and speaking to EMS units shortly after the noontime accident on April 3, according to an incident report from Rowan University s police department.
Rowan EMS units were on standby at the scene when the incident occurred during an athletic competition, the Oscar Moore Invitational.
Rowan police officers arrived about five minutes later at the school s sports fields on the 700 block of Mullica Hill Road in Harrison.
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HARRISON - A man struck by a javelin at a college track-and-field meet survived the injury, but not an infection that followed, authorities say.
William A. Scott, 71, died more than three weeks after being injured while working as an official at a competition of Rowan University, a school spokesman said Thursday.
The Oaklyn man, who was injured April 3, died April 26 in the intensive care unit at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, according to an obituary.
Details of the accident were not immediately available.
Scott was an official for track and field in South Jersey for over 30 years, according to Carl Rickershauser, who is the NJSIAA track and field rules interpreter.
Teen hospitalized after being impaled by javelin at N.J. high school: police
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An Ocean County, N.J., teenager was hospitalized Tuesday after he was impaled during a track-and-field javelin throw, authorities said.
The incident occurred about 5:40 p.m. in a field outside Donovan Catholic High School on Hooper Avenue in Toms River, police said.
“Upon arrival, officers were directed to an open field near the track-and-field training area” where they found an injured 16-year-old boy, said Jillian Messina, spokeswoman for the Toms River Police Department.
The teen, who is from Pine Beach, had suffered an injury from a “javelin impaled in his right thigh,” Messina said in an email.
Teen impaled by javelin in NJ track-and-field event
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NEW JERSEY - A 16-year-old boy from New Jersey was recovering after he was impaled by a javelin during a track-and-field event.
Police responded to Donovan Catholic High School in Toms River late Tuesday afternoon where officers found the teen on a field outside the school with the javelin impaled in the teen s right thigh.
There was no sign of bleeding and the Pine Beach resident was able to talk with medical responders, police said.
Get breaking news alerts in the The javelin was cut by Toms River Fire Department members to allow for the safe transport to the hospital, said town spokeswoman Jillian Messina. He was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.