Man in China's Wuhan killed after 100kg barbell pins his neck to gym bench

The barbell's shaft, with about 50kg on each end, rolled from the man's chest to his neck, pinning his head to the bench. PHOTO: WEIBO

A 27-year-old man in China died after his neck was crushed between the shaft of a barbell loaded with over 100kg of weights and the training bench he was lying on.

A harrowing, 29-second video on several news sites showed the man struggling to bench press over 100kg inside a gym in China’s Henan province, without a spotter, according to Yangtse Evening Post.