HEARTBREAKING tributes have poured in for a dad-of-two weightlifter who was killed in a horror gym accident while bench-pressing.
Ronald Montenegro, 55, died after a heavy barbell slipped out his hands and onto his chest during a workout – with shocking footage showing the harrowing ordeal in Brazil.
In the horrifying clip, staff and other gym users are seen rushing to the amateur weightlifter’s aid after he frees himself from the huge chunk of metal.
Moments later he gets up – still obviously in agony – before collapsing to the ground seconds later.
The museum manager was rushed to hospital – but doctors could not do anything to save the “much-loved” dad.
The freak accident unfolded on Monday at Ronald’s regular gym, located in Olinda on Brazil’s north-east coast near the city of Recife.
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