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View Comments 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. ....
View Comments 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. ....