Mom says Peloton bike killed NYC man ‘instantly’: suit

A New York City man was killed “instantly” when his Peloton exercise bike toppled over and severed an artery in his neck in the middle of a home workout, his mother alleged in a newly reported lawsuit.

Ryan Furtado, 32, was found dead by cops in his downtown Brooklyn apartment with the bike “still resting on his neck and face” on Jan. 13, 2022, according to the suit filed in Kings County Supreme Court.

Furtado had been completing one of the exercise giant’s “Core” workouts at the time – which required him to get off the bike to conduct exercises on the floor, the court documents, filed by his mom Johanna Furtado, claim .

“When rising from those exercises, Ryan used the bike to assist him in getting up,” the filing states.

“The bike spun around and impacted him on his neck and face severing his carotid artery in his neck killing him instantly.”

When NYPD cops found him, the bike was “still resting on his neck and face,” states the suit, which was filed quietly in March.

Furtado’s mom alleges that the exercise giant instructs riders to “use the bike for stretching” during its classes — but that “applying pressure on the bike in a pulling and pushing fashion” causes the equipment to “destabilize and fall,” according to the filing.

Further, the suit alleges that Peloton failed to adequately warn riders that pulling themselves up from the floor mid-workout would increase “an unknown risk of injury to the user, such as the case with Ryan.”

“There is only one warning label on the Subject Bike located on the front, right, leg when there should have been more labels attached to the stem and base to adequately warn the user of injury that could occur if the Subject Bike is used to pull oneself up from the floor during a workout,” the filing states.

The suit adds that Peloton’s bikes are “defective and/or unreasonably dangerous.”

“As a direct and proximate result of the foregoing conduct of Peloton, Ryan was killed,” the suit states.

Peloton, however, claimed in its own court filing that Furtado’s death and “alleged injuries were caused by misuse or abuse of the product.”

A lawyer for the company didn’t immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment Thursday.

Furtado’s mom is seeking payment from the company to cover her son’s final healthcare expenses, funeral and burial costs, as well as damages for her own pain and suffering.

The lawsuit is believed to detail the first-known death involving one of Peloton’s bikes, according to The Daily Beast, which first reported the case Wednesday.

It is the latest saga for the embattled company, which experienced a roaring trade during the COVID-19 pandemic, but has since been dogged by a string of accidents and recalls involving its products.

In 2021, a 6-year-old died after getting sucked into a Peloton treadmill, while a 3-year-old boy was left with a “significant brain injury” following an incident involving the now-discontinued Peloton Tread Plus.

Earlier this year, Peloton Interactive was forced to recall 2.2 million exercise bikes due to the risk of injuries from a seat-related issue — a move that sent shares plummeting.