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Kyle Thomson, a
student at Iowa State University, was taken to an area hospital
after the Monday accident and died from injuries suffered in the
weightlifting accident, authorities said.
"It appears as though a bar bell slipped from the member's hands
causing massive internal injuries," Elite Edge Gym Academy,
where the accident took place, said in a statement on its
Facebook site.
The gym in Ankeny, about 10 miles (15 km) north of Des Moines,
told local media the victim had been working with a spotter.
Greg Schoon, Thomson's high school weightlifting coach, told
local TV station WHO: "It's tough to understand, or why, or what
happened. He was lifting weights, something I did with him a
thousand times."
(Reporting by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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