Runner who died after breaking leg could have survived, coroner says

Woman who died from misdiagnosed broken leg 'could have been saved'

A runner who died after a broken leg sustained during a half marathon was misdiagnosed as a pulled hamstring was the victim of “gross failings and neglect”, a coroner has concluded.

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