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Runner in triathlon collapses and dies

By Times Staff
Published April 26, 2005

ST. PETERSBURG - Edward Kelly, 61, of Pennsylvania collapsed and died Sunday while competing in the St. Anthony's Triathlon in St. Petersburg.

Rick Feinberg, of the St. Petersburg Fire Department, said they received a call at 12:22 p.m. that a race participant had collapsed during the run and was in cardiac arrest.

Kelly was treated on the scene and transported to St. Anthony's Hospital, where he died. Organizers of the race declined to comment.

TAMPA - Officials have moved up by a month the planned opening date for the elevated lanes of the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway and now hope to have commuters on the 6-mile span by July 2006.

Repairs to the majority of the foundations supporting the reversible-lane project are ahead of schedule. And the column that collapsed on April 13, 2004, has now been covered with roadway.

Ralph Mervine, interim executive director of the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority, told his board Monday that engineering is complete on 126 of the 165 foundations that need repair, and repairs have been completed on 22.

"All the engineering work will be completed by the end of May, and we are ahead of schedule on both engineering and construction," Mervine said.

Column No. 97, which sank abruptly a year ago, has been rebuilt and was capped with three lanes of roadway on the one-year anniversary of its failure. The roadway span between 97 and 98 was completed last weekend. Repairs and construction now will focus on the east toll gate area near 78th Street, but Mervine said he did not expect the work to cause significant traffic delays.

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