Horrific video shows a teenage powerlifter being crushed to death while failing to squat 600 pounds during a training session in India.
Yashtika Acharya, a 17-year-old gold medal winner, was seen trying to lift the massive weight out of a squat rack Tuesday with a trainer standing behind her as a spotter, according to NewsX.
But her legs almost immediately buckled, with her spotter powerless to stop her from falling backward — while the bar fell down and snapped her neck as she was bent over double under it.
“During the attempt, she suddenly lost balance, and the bar came crashing down on her neck,” local officer Vikram Tiwari said of the tragedy during a training session at the gym in the Bikaner district of Rajasthan, close to India’s border with Pakistan.
“Fellow gym members quickly rushed to remove the weight, while her coach tried CPR, but she showed no signs of life.”
Acharya, a gold medalist in the National Bench Press Championship in the southern Indian state of Goa last October, was declared dead shortly after being rushed to a nearby hospital Tuesday, The Week reported.
Her unidentified trainer also suffered minor injuries, police said.
Acharya’s family didn’t file a complaint and the body was released to them following a post-mortem, NewsX reported.
