Do you really think a malfunctioning piece of exercise equipment could cause the extent of injuries to Reid that it did.
None that I ever used
I belonged to a gym a decade ago, knew a guy there named Arty, about 35 I suppose, who ran competetively, taught yoga and pilates, that kind of thing.
I got to the gym one afternoon as the ambulance was pulling away. Arty was running on the treadmill, went down, flew off the machine. Turned out he’d had a heart attack, was dead before he hit the floor.
But I’ve seen a few other athletes lose their pace on a treadmill and lose their footing...it’s a hard fall and a big bang.
Ole One-eye Reid could have easily fallen, banged his head on the console going down, and landed hard on the platform and then the floor.
Wish he’d do it a few more times.