JAKARTA - The death of a bodybuilder Justyn Vicky due to being hit by a 210 kilogram barbell has become the center of attention of the world's media. Not only Indonesia, foreign media also wrote about the tragic death.

Justyn breathed her last on Saturday, July 15, 2023. She was rushed to the hospital after being hit by a barbell, but died shortly after undergoing emergency surgery.

Justyn's death is not only big news in Indonesia. Some foreign media also gave these terrible deaths including People.com, The Economic Times, The Strait Times, Mirror, and the New York Times.

"Health influencer in Bali, Justyn Vicky, 33, died while undergoing weightlifting training weighing 210 kilograms. Barbell hit his neck," People wrote.

"Justyn Vicky, an Indonesian fitness influencer, was killed by a 210 kilogram barbell," wrote The Economic Times.

"The fitness influencer died as a barbell hit his head in a horror accident," the Mirror news reads.

A video clip showing the incident when Justyn failed to lift the barbell had circulated on social media. In the video, it looks like Justyn is doing a press squat with a barbell on her shoulder, but she loses balance and falls off.

As a result, the heavy barbell hit him and broke the back of his neck. According to various reports, Justyn suffered severe injuries so that she experienced critical stress on vital nerves that were connected to her heart and lungs.


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