Sheriff Looks Into Water-Drinking Death
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As participants in KDND-FM’s water-drinking contest chugged bottle after bottle, a listener called in to warn the disc jockeys that the stunt could be fatal. Another DJ said with a laugh: “Yeah, they signed releases, so we’re not responsible. We’re OK.” Those comments, and others made during the Jan. 12 “Morning Rave” radio show, appeared to give little regard to the risk of water intoxication. But just hours after the contest, a woman who guzzled nearly two gallons was dead. On Wednesday, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department launched a criminal investigation into the incident, and attorneys for the family of Jennifer Lea Strange said they plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the radio station. The county coroner said preliminary autopsy findings indicate Strange, a 28-year-old mother of three, died of water intoxication. More : abcnews.go.com |