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Water drinking contest winner shocked by US death of rival
Jan 15, 2007, 18:12 GMT
Washington - A woman who won a video game console by downing massive quantities of water in California radio contest said Monday she was shocked by the death of a fellow contestant.
'You don't think water's going to kill you,' Lucy Davidson told CNN. 'You're at the radio station having fun.'
Jennifer Lea Strange, 28, mother of three, died late Friday after drinking over two litres of water in station KDND 107.9's 'Hold your Wee for a Wii' contest, the Sacramento Bee reported.
Contestants in the California city of Sacramento competed to see how much water they could hold without going to the bathroom. The prize was the highly-sought Nintendo Wii gaming console that was hard to come by during the Christmas splurge.
After the 6 am contest, Srrange went to work but complained of a headache and went home, the Bee reported. She was found dead about 2 pm.
During the contest, a nurse called in to the station warn of the dangers of drinking too much water quickly. Her worries were dismissed by the disc jockey, The Bee reported.
Experts said too much water can dilute the body's chemical balance, or even cause organs such as the brain to swell.
The winner, Davidson, said she was 'sick' afterwards.
'I was throwing up, I couldn't even function, I couldn't do anything,' she said.
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that's pretty wierd. i mean who ever heard of such a thing. dying of water? well, now i know not to trust water that much. of coarse it's healthy, but to much of it can cause death. wow. i can't believe i said that,
this is a very tragic thing that happened to jennifer.
why do people go to such stupid lenghts to win things. the dj should have taken the advice of the nurse during the broadcast or better still, they should have consulted a medical professional to see if drinking water in large quantities would be harmful to the body. question is 'do stupid people run stupid contests!!!!!!'
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Very wrongJan 15th, 2007 - 22:32:50
KDND, owned by Entercom Communications, is obviously liable and will have to pay damages. It knew, or should have known, of the dangers of such things before sponsoring such contests, similar to the show 'Fear Factor'. A jury would agree, regardless of any 'contract' the woman might have signed. Such releases of liabilty are invalid anyway in cases of life and death.
She complained of headaches. Her brain obviously swelled until it killed her. A nurse even called in to warn the station to stop the contest before tragedy happened.
How very sad that the negligence of a disc jockey and station owners will now cause 3 young boys to forever be without their mother. The station owners and disc jockey should be brought up on charges of capital murder, because through their direct actions caused her death.
Telling someone to ingest a gallon of water until they explode is similar to telling someone to go stand in freeway traffic for 30 seconds, regardless of what its for. Both are murder, one and the same.
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