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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