Twilight fan dies outside Comic-Con convention in US

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By Rick Kelsey
Newsbeat reporter Comic-Con convention

A Twilight fan has died after being hit by a car while queuing for a cast discussion at San Diego's Comic-Con.

The San Diego Police Department said that a 53-year-old woman had been killed on the road outside the city's convention centre when she ran out into the street.

The actors and directors of Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 are expected at Comic-Con tomorrow.

Fans have been camped outside for days in the hope of getting in.

Comic-Con showcases science fiction and fantasy TV and films as well as comic books.

It's thought to be the biggest of its kind in the world with more than 125,000 people expected to attend over four days this year, many coming dressed as characters from the films.

It's thought the woman was running across the road just after 9am on Tuesday morning (10 July) when she saw an oncoming car but couldn't stop herself in time and tripped into it.

Some fans said the queue was moving at the time and it's possible the woman had been running to keep her place.

Comic-Con organisers had earlier tweeted to ask fans not to queue because barriers had been put in place.

It read: "Please do not line up for Hall H, set-up is not complete. Read the complete line-up guidelines: http://bit.ly/Na5LFZ ‪#SDCC‬ ‪#twilight."

Actors Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner will be seen for the last time in the new film, which is released in November.

Perhaps the greatest sense of anticipation this year at Comic-Con though is for The Hobbit, Peter Jackson's two films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's novels.

The first - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - is due for release in December and is set 60 years before the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.