Danger of Treadmills in Drug Fueled Mexico

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Dave Goldberg’s death points to rise and risks of treadmills

Details on Dave Goldberg’s death are still murky. The entrepreneur and husband of Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg was found bleeding out in a Mexican hotel gym on Friday. He died shortly afterwards at a nearby hospital, but the strange circumstances are only slowly emerging.

Despite the darkness surrounding the incident, it is nonetheless shining a spotlight on the contraption at the center of the tech executive’s death: your run-of-the-mill treadmill.

Goldberg slipped and fell while using one of the machines at a swanky Four Seasons near Puerto Vallarta. He hit his head and died from brain trauma and blood loss, local authorities told CNN.

But his freakish accident actually isn’t that rare. Every year, tens of thousands of Americans are injured on treadmills. Thousands are taken to the emergency room. A handful die.

Data suggests that the problem is getting worse. As high-tech, high-powered treadmills proliferate, so, too, do the digital distractions that make the machines even more dangerous.

(continued, where there is Mexico, big money and things like that - accidents - happen sometimes?)

[JimC]

Does a snort of cocaine make you want to run harder?

Back in my day, it simply helped me play pool at 4 am...

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