Student died after slipping while using weights machine at the gym

Warning after student dies in freak gym accident while doing calf raises

The medical student slipped at his university gym

Student dies in 'tragic' gym accident as 65kg bar smashes into his head - The Mirror

Medical student Mohammed Farraj, 21, was performing calf raises at the Sportspark gym when a heavy bar dropped and forced his neck to the ground - he died at the scene

Student died after slipping while using weights machine at the gym

Mohammed Farraj died in the gym when the bar from a weights machine fell on his head, an inquest has heard A medical student died in the gym when the bar from a weights machine fell on his head, an inquest has heard. Mohammed Farraj had been using an aerobic step to perform calf raises while using equipment called a Smith machine at the gym at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. Detective sergeant Robert Waring said in a statement read by …

Details of a tragic gym accident that occurred in the fall of 2024 have emerged. A student at the University of East Anglia, Mohammed Farraj, was working out in the university gym on the evening of October 16, 2024, when a 65kg barbell took his life after one wrong move. The 21-year-old medical student was using a Smith machine (a weightlifting device with a bar that moves vertically on rails); while doing so, he placed a step bench under his fe…

UEA student died from 'blunt guillotine' gym tragedy

An inquest has concluded into the death of Mohammed Farraj, who died at the UEA Sportspark in Norwich.

Aspiring doctor, 21, died in university gym after 65kg bar fell on top of him in front of horrified onlookers in 'accident', coroner rules

Norfolk Coroner's Court heard how fitness fan Mohammed Farraj, 21, had failed to set the correct position for locking brakes on guide rails on a Smith Machine while doing a calf raising exercise.