Man Drops Barbell on Throat, Dies
From Associated Press
VICTORIA, Canada —
A man trying to bench-press 295 pounds died after dropping the barbell on his throat, authorities said Monday.
Richard Craig English, a 28-year-old house painter from Vancouver, died Friday at a hospital in this British Columbian city. He was working out alone at a health club and had previously refused offers to use “spotters” to monitor his lifting, Sgt. Doug Bond said.
When a club staff member discovered English, “the barbell was across his throat and he was blue,” Bond said Monday.
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