Dave Goldberg dies of head trauma while on treadmill

Try watching a few treadmill videos gone wrong and you will see how easy it would be to crack your head, Especially if you are an overweight person who hasn't fallen since first grade.

Terribly sad.

I fell on a treadmill once.

Coincidentally I fell because someone brought their stupid kid to the gym. This stupid kid had actually fallen off the treadmill behind me making a terrible sound. I looked back to him while still running and right as I asked if he was alright I took a mistep(half on belt half on strip) and fell. It was a pretty spectacular fall too. Legs up in the air, dangling above my waist I. I fell on my shoulder.

Ummmm, no. That wasn't the kid's fault your dumb @$$ fell. When are people going to start taking some responsibility for their lives/actions?

The Navidson Record wrote:

Terribly sad.

I fell on a treadmill once.

Coincidentally I fell because someone brought their stupid kid to the gym. This stupid kid had actually fallen off the treadmill behind me making a terrible sound. I looked back to him while still running and right as I asked if he was alright I took a mistep(half on belt half on strip) and fell. It was a pretty spectacular fall too. Legs up in the air, dangling above my waist I. I fell on my shoulder.

Next time don't bring your kid.

I would give more credence to the life insurance fraud theory if it weren't for the fact that his wife likely made twice his salary as the COO of Facebook.

Furthermore, I have a friend that -- at age 35 -- tripped getting out of the car and hit his head on the driveway and now has a serious TBI. Such a random and unlucky incident. He was a college athlete and very healthy at the time. Had something in his hand and could not break his fall, apparently. Just a freak accident with a HUGE life impact for his family. He needs constant care now, although he has come a long, long, way.

If you consider the timeline, Goldberg got knocked out and stayed out, bleeding, for 3-4 hours before he was found. He likely died of blood loss from the 3 cm head wound. Also, that he didn't come to for three hours speaks volumes for the impact. That is a serious knock.

Very sad for his family, what a terrible event.

The Navidson Record wrote:

Terribly sad.

I fell on a treadmill once.

Coincidentally I fell because someone brought their stupid kid to the gym. This stupid kid had actually fallen off the treadmill behind me making a terrible sound. I looked back to him while still running and right as I asked if he was alright I took a mistep(half on belt half on strip) and fell. It was a pretty spectacular fall too. Legs up in the air, dangling above my waist I. I fell on my shoulder.

Why would you blame the kid? People like you love to hate kids. I don't get it. Kids are the greatest things in the world. Guess what? It's not all about you!

Pure speculation here but he may have passed out or have a heart attack or something and wasn't able to stop the treadmill anymore and then got slammed against some other equipment behind the treadmill.

Very sad and doesn't happen all that often but this kind of stuff can happen anywhere...

How did this happen? wrote:

But this story just sounds too bizarre to be true to me. It is hard to picture this guy running much faster than 6 or 7 mph.

There's been plenty of time to post evidence. The treadmill must have still been running.

Why has no one posted the speed?

According to the story I read, he was on the treadmill alone. It was hours before anyone found him and he had suffered massive blood loss. If someone had found him sooner, it sounds like he would have been ok. The cut to the back of his head was only a few centimeters long, but evidently deep enough to bleed profusely.

It's a coverup wrote:

How did this happen? wrote:

But this story just sounds too bizarre to be true to me. It is hard to picture this guy running much faster than 6 or 7 mph.

There's been plenty of time to post evidence. The treadmill must have still been running.

Why has no one posted the speed?

Treadmills do have shut off cords that clip to the runner and switch off the mill if the person gets thrown off.

The gym he was in must have been the least used gym on Earth if he wasn't found for hours.

they can't even establish where it happened? This sounds really suspicious.

Two left feet wrote:

Ummmm, no. That wasn't the kid's fault your dumb @$$ fell. When are people going to start taking some responsibility for their lives/actions?

I think you might be projecting a bit here.

Where did I say it was the kids fault?

I just said someone brought their "stupid kid" because a gym typically isn't a place to bring a kid. Kids are naturally rambuctous and michevieous.

After a misstep and flipping over several times off the back, I learned to always hold the bar when looking around on a treadmill.

My home treadmill, has a safety cord which attaches to the waist, which shuts the treadmill off if pulled too far. I have done it unintentionally and it's works well.

Once I jogged so slowly that I felt like I was walking. Then I unconsciously started to jog the other way to close a window. Bam...

This guy wasn't exactly Michael Jordan or Michael Johnson.

Lets BeReal wrote:

This guy wasn't exactly Michael Jordan or Michael Johnson.

My life is like a treadmill.

ScaryStuff wrote:

My life is like a treadmill.

Well, my wife is like a treadmill.

A few years ago, I was running on a very humid Saturday indoors on my apartment complex treadmill. The door to the exterior was open. A neighbors dog had managed to get off leash and ran into the gym area. Seeing me on the treadmill, the enthusiastic large dog excited tried to jump in on the fun. I was clipped from behind and knocked off balance, falling backward onto the floor. I was lucky not to have hit my head in the fall.

I suspect this guy perhaps became distracted in some way, tv or cell phone perhaps and lost stride on the moving belt, being thrown off and hitting the floor hard on his back and back of his head. It was probably a lightly used gym facility so no one came by and noticed him in agony on the floor for a number of hours.