{"id":694235,"date":"2026-05-25T20:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/694235\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T20:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:48:14","slug":"devoted-husband-luke-prehn-revealed-as-hbf-run-for-a-reason-participant-who-died-during-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/694235\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Devoted husband\u2019 Luke Prehn revealed as HBF Run for a Reason participant who died during event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A man who died while participating in the HBF Run for a Reason on Sunday has been identified as Perth father-of-two Luke Prehn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Mr Prehn was completing the half marathon event in the Perth CBD when he suffered a medical episode and collapsed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">He was immediately treated by paramedics from St John WA and members of the public, but could not be saved. He was just 41 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">In <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/hbf-half-marathon-tragedy-help-prehn-family\">GoFundMe<\/a> post, Mr Prehn was described as a \u201cdevoted husband\u201d and \u201cloving father\u201d whose family has been left \u201cheartbroken\u201d by his sudden death.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/746e59534b354c72f5970495d5879f32a25c1927.jpg\" alt=\"Mr Prehn (left) was completing the half marathon event around the Perth CBD when he suffered a medical episode.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconMr Prehn (left) was completing the half marathon event around the Perth CBD when he suffered a medical episode. Credit: GoFundMe\/Tracey Sweetman<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cLuke leaves behind his beautiful wife, Charmaine, and their two young children, Oliver and Cameron, aged just four and two, who were his entire world,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cAnyone who knew him knew the kind of man he was \u2014 endlessly patient, gentle, hardworking, and kind. He was the person who showed up for others without hesitation, loved his family deeply, and made everyone around him feel supported and cared for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cAlong with the unimaginable grief they are now carrying, they are also facing the overwhelming financial pressure of raising two young children alone and managing a large mortgage without him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">HBF Run for a Reason also posted a statement to social media, thanking members of the public who provided assistance and sending their condolences to his friends and family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Participants in the event flooded the Instagram post, with one person saying they ran past the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThis was so heartbreaking to run past yesterday. I immediately prayed for his recovery. He left that morning to do something enjoyable and meaningful but never got the chance to come home to his loved ones.\u201d one comment said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThe care &amp; strength that surrounded him \u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83e\ude79 condolences to the family and all who knew him,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man who died while participating in the HBF Run for a Reason on Sunday has been identified&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,46,85,45],"class_list":["post-694235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-perth","tag-sports","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}