The woman — who was identified as Betsy Dayana Jaramillo Ramírez — was caught on the gym’s CCTV weightlifting when she stopped and fell forward.
A 28-year-old woman unexpectedly dropped dead while working out at a gym in Ecuador.
The woman — who was identified as Betsy Dayana Jaramillo Ramírez — is believed to have suffered a heart attack at Zona Muscular gym in Santa Rosa, El Oro province, on Nov. 29.
Ramírez was captured on the gym’s video footage doing squats and weightlifting when she suddenly stopped and fell forward, face-planting on the floor.
Other gym-goers, most of them women, rushed to help Ramírez. They sat her in the recovery position while continuously checking her pulse until paramedics arrived.
Ramírez was rushed to Santa Teresita Hospital but arrived with no signs of life. Doctors pronounced her dead upon arrival.
The woman — who was identified as Betsy Dayana Jaramillo Ramírez — was caught on the gym’s CCTV weightlifting when she stopped and fell forward.
Police and doctors have yet to issue a cause of death, however, it is believed that Ramírez suffered a heart attack.
