Worth dying for?
Once a year, it seems, you hear a story about alcohol poisoning somewhere where someone tried to drink too much too fast. But, have you ever heard of anyone dying from water intoxication?
A Sacramento radio station had a promotion to win a game system in their "Hold Your Wee for a WII" contest. According to the Smoking Gun:
Jennifer Strange, a 28-year-old mother of three, died on January 12 (2007) after drinking almost two gallons of water while taking part in a giveaway contest sponsored by Sacramento's KDND-FM. The contest awarded a Nintendo console to the person who could avoid urinating (or vomiting) after drinking a large quantity of water.
Today, a verdict was handed down, holding the radio station and its parent company 100% responsible for Strange's negligent death and awarded her family $16.57 million in damages.
Sadly, a caller to the program during the contest, who identified herself as a nurse, tried to warn the on air personalities of the dangers of water intoxication but was ignored.
Cross Posted at Say Anything
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