Boy Dies In Weightlifting Accident At Home
Father Performed CPR On 15-Year-Old Son
POSTED: Friday, April 11, 2008
UPDATED: 4:23 pm EDT April 11,
2008
LONGWOOD, Fla. -- A 15-year-old Seminole County boy died on Thursday when a barbell apparently fell on his neck while he was lifting weights alone at his home, authorities said.Elie Khoury, who attended Seminole High School, was working out in the back of his home, located at 208 Cambridge Drive in Longwood, at about 9:40 p.m. when a barbell apparently fell on top of his neck, deputies said.A Seminole County sheriff's deputy responding to a 911 call said he found Joseph Khoury, Elie's father, performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on his son, who could not be revived.Grief counselors were at Seminole High School, located at 2701 Ridgewood Ave. in Sanford, on Friday to assist students trying to cope with Khoury's death.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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