Goalkeeper for German national team dies after being struck by train

by Breaking Tweets    November 12, 2009

Robert Enke, the top contender to play goalkeeper for Germany’s 2010 World Cup team, died Tuesday after being hit by a train in what investigators believe was a suicide, according to the Associated Press.

The train crossing was near Enke’s home in Hannover, and police said first indications were of a suicide.

According to AP, Enke and his wife lost a daughter to a heart ailment in 2006, but had recently adopted.

Tweets from Hannover were wraught with shock, sorrow and support for Enke and his family:

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