German man's penis gets stuck in gym weight plate, rescue effort takes 3 hours

The gym weight plate was broken into five pieces, after firefighters used power tools to free the man from it. PHOTO: FEUERWEHR WORMS/FACEBOOK

A man in the German city of Worms had his penis stuck in the hole of a 2.5kg gym weight plate on Friday, forcing fire-fighters to use power tools to free it.

The city's fire brigade posted an account of the incident on its Facebook page, accompanied by a photo of the weight plate broken into five pieces.