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Woman dies after station's water-drinking contest
cant make this stuff up.
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) -- A woman who competed in a radio station's contest to see how much water she could drink without going to the bathroom died of water intoxication, the coroner's office said Saturday.
Jennifer Strange, 28, was found dead Friday in her suburban Rancho Cordova home hours after taking part in the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest in which KDND 107.9 promised a Nintendo Wii video game system for the winner.
"She said to one of our supervisors that she was on her way home and her head was hurting her real bad," said Laura Rios, one of Strange's co-workers at Radiological Associates of Sacramento. "She was crying, and that was the last that anyone had heard from her."
It was not immediately known how much water Strange consumed.
A preliminary investigation found evidence "consistent with a water intoxication death," said assistant Coroner Ed Smith.
John Geary, vice president and marketing manager for Entercom Sacramento, the station's owner, said station personnel were stunned when they heard of Strange's death.
"We are awaiting information that will help explain how this tragic event occurred," he said.
Initially, contestants were handed 8-ounce bottles of water to drink every 15 minutes.
"They were small little half-pint bottles, so we thought it was going to be easy," said fellow contestant James Ybarra of Woodland. "They told us if you don't feel like you can do this, don't put your health at risk."
Ybarra said he quit after drinking five bottles. "My bladder couldn't handle it anymore," he added.
After he quit, he said, the remaining contestants, including Strange, were given even bigger bottles to drink.
"I was talking to her and she was a nice lady," Ybarra said. "She was telling me about her family and her three kids and how she was doing it for her kids."
All radio people deserve the death penalty!!!
Re: Woman dies after station's water-drinking contest
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| Originally posted by bigjimslade002 "I was talking to her and she was a nice lady," Ybarra said. "She was telling me about her family and her three kids and how she was doing it for her kids." |
Wow. Can you imagine telling people how your mom died?
"Yea, my mom internally drown to get me a Wii." I wonder if they will ever actually decide to play it.
That is a terrible shame though. Stupid radio people... don't they know you can fricken die from too much water?!?! Gah!
Water way to go!
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| Originally posted by Theresa That is a terrible shame though. Stupid radio people... don't they know you can fricken die from too much water?!?! Gah! |
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| Originally posted by RickyM Water way to go! |
Hmmm...Strange....
Did she win?
I wonder how much she drank? I mean that guy drank 8 oz. x 5 bottles... that's only 40 ounces total. It would have to take at least more than a gallon to get water poisoning, right? A gallon is like 256 ounces.
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| Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On If the radio instead staged a bungee-jumping competition, to award the most extreme bungee jumper a Nintendo Wii, and a mother of three stepped up and decided that she would bungee jump without a cord, whose fault would it be that she decided to plummet to her death? |
You forgot the last bit.
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| Her family was too busy to comment as they were last seen starting up a new game of Wii Sports. |
This whole thread is awash.
My god people are stupid.
My mom can drink more water than ur mom 
Oh no you diiiiiiiiiiin't!
you'd think the radio station would look up the health risks before doing a stupid-ass contest like that
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| Originally posted by Omega_M My mom can drink more water than ur mom |
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| Originally posted by DarkAngel I can drink more water than you...and survive! |
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| Originally posted by DarkAngel I can drink more water than you...and survive! |
Wii is killing people now 
Just for a video game console? Wow.
H2OWNED
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| Originally posted by idoru Just for a video game console? Wow. |
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| Originally posted by medinaM5 H2OWNED |
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| Originally posted by Omega_M This is what came up when I searched for water owned. |
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