Student Dies in Lifting Accident

An Iowa State University senior has died after whats been described as a freak accident while lifting weights. Kyle Thomson, 22, was lifting at Elite Edge Transformation gym in Ankeny on Monday morning when the weights slipped from his grip. Thomson died shortly after being rushed to the hospital. According to the gym’s owner there was a spotter when he was lifting and Thomson knew what he was doing; it was just a freak accident.