Conducting and organizing a sporting event is a grueling and difficult task. Things become more challenging when the play area spills outside stadiums and arenas and into the cityscapes. A similar difficulty was noticed in a recent New York City track and field distance running event.

While athletes were participating in the men’s 5000-meter national championship, a big bus suddenly trespassed onto the racecourse. A social media post caught the event’s winner recalling and describing the near-fatal event. In fact, the prominent athlete said that things could’ve easily gotten out of hand.

The track and field fiasco that jeopardized the safety of athletes

As the Men’s 5k marathon sprint was underway on the tracks of New York, a bus suddenly penetrated the restricted pathway reserved for the racing course for the distance running. To make matters even worse, the bus trespassed onto the course right when the athletes were passing that junction. Citius Mag tweeted the video of the winner of the event, Morgan Beadlescomb, recounting the almost tragic occurrence.

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Captioning the post, Citius Mag penned, “Scary moment during the Dash To The Finish 5k today with a bus coming dangerously close to the men’s lead pack.”

The American track and field athlete said that this was something unexpected and the responsible people must be held accountable. He said, “That could’ve killed somebody” as he mentioned the shocking incident that jeopardized the safety of all runners. 

Videos of the track and field mishap are currently running rampant on the internet, as everyone gasps in shock. While all athletes continued the race unscathed, things could have easily gone wrong in such a situation.

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