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Soccer Lover’s Fundraising Trek Ends in Tragedy

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Soccer Lover’s Fundraising Trek Ends in Tragedy

By Elizabeth Chuck, Staff Writer, NBC News

A Seattle man who felt “destined” to go on a 10,000-mile fundraising journey to soccer’s World Cup in Brazil, dribbling a soccer ball along the way, has died just two weeks into his journey.

Richard Swanson, 42, was hit by a pickup truck in Lincoln City, Ore., on Tuesday morning, along Highway 101, Lincoln City police said. Swanson left May 1 on a trip that would have taken him through 11 countries before he reached Sao Paolo, Brazil, the site of soccer tournament.

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