Tragedy as medical student, 21, found dead at university gym after using weight machine

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Mohammed Farraj was declared dormant astatine the University of East Anglia's (UEA) Sportspark successful Norwich, having sustained a traumatic caput wounded astatine the assemblage gym

Mohammed Farraj was recovered  dormant   astatine  the University of East Anglia's Sportspark gym

Mohammed Farraj was recovered dormant astatine the University of East Anglia's Sportspark gym

A aesculapian pupil who died astatine a university gym was utilizing a value instrumentality seconds earlier helium was recovered lifeless, according to reports.

Mohammed Farraj's provisional origin of decease was a traumatic caput injury, sustained portion helium was successful the gym, his inquest has heard. The 21-year-old antheral is understood to person a abrupt aesculapian occurrence erstwhile helium was utilizing the value instrumentality astatine Sportspark, connected the University of East Anglia's (UEA) field successful Norwich.

Other fittingness fanatics reportedly heard "a monolithic crash" aft Mr Farraj experienced immoderate nonaccomplishment of power connected Wednesday October 16. Now, Mr Farraj's household person expressed their grief astatine his death. A cousin, who asked not to beryllium named, said: "It was a tragic mishap and it was not a responsibility of the machine, from each we person been told. He had nary underlying wellness issues. ‘He was precise acceptable and healthy, determination was perfectly thing incorrect with him."

She said Mr Farraj, primitively from Stoke-on-Trent, fell sick aft helium was utilizing the gym’s "Smith machine", a ample metallic frame, which guides a barbell on a vertical way connected which the idiosyncratic tin opt to acceptable information "stop" catches.

Cards and flowers person been near extracurricular the gym arsenic tributes person been paid to the man (

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The "super smart" student's inquest has been opened and adjourned, and has heard helium sustained a caput injury. The coroner has requested accusation from the student's father, GP and the police, up of the resumption of the inquest successful February.

The man's father, centrifugal trader Hashim Farraj, 57, told Mail Online: "He was a acceptable and good young man. God bless him." The household alluded to the wellness and information investigation, ongoing into the death.

In the contiguous aftermath of the tragedy, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said: "We are continuing to analyse the circumstances surrounding this incident."

Other tributes flooded successful for Mr Farraj, described arsenic "kind and caring" by friends. UEA said helium had been a subordinate of a fig of societies including the Islamic Society, the Medical Society and some the MMA and Boxing clubs. The Boxing nine has announced plans to clasp a 10km tally on a way the aesculapian pupil took regularly successful his memory.

Friends said Mr Farraj was 'by acold the hardest idiosyncratic successful the gym' (

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The gym, which was closed successful the aftermath of Mr Farraj's death, has reopened. It said successful a statement: "It is with large sadness that we tin corroborate that a Norwich Medical School pupil died astatine Sportspark connected Wednesday evening.

"The thoughts of each successful the UEA assemblage are with the student’s household and friends, and we are continuing to supply enactment to each those affected.

"The Sportspark gym volition reopen connected Tuesday (22 October) astatine 2pm. Members volition beryllium contacted straight regarding reimbursement for the play that the fittingness centre and wider gathering person been unavailable.

"We are continuing to enactment the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) with their enquiries, and the University has decided to support the related point of instrumentality retired of nationalist usage until further notice, portion the HSE probe remains ongoing."

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