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Old 01-17-2007, 03:07 AM   #1
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. --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.
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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 know 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 eight-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 kids."
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Old 01-17-2007, 03:17 AM   #2
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thats wild...its sad what people will do for stuff
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i think this happened b4 but it was for a fraternity

i wonder if any1 got charged
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Old 01-17-2007, 09:03 AM   #4
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i think this happened b4 but it was for a fraternity

i wonder if any1 got charged
your right, we had a speaker come to capmus to talk about hazing and he mentioned a college guy who died from water intoxication...I wonder how much water she consumed
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Old 01-17-2007, 09:11 AM   #5
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Old 01-17-2007, 09:50 AM   #6
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HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH i wonder if she won the Wii
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Old 01-17-2007, 12:12 PM   #8
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HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH i wonder if she won the Wii
How is that in any way, shape, or form funny??

She was trying to do something for her CHILDREN and got freakishly taken from them in the process.

Funny?
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Old 01-17-2007, 03:50 PM   #9
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Heard this a couple of days ago. Now all the people at the station are getting fired for not knowing the possible consequences.
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Old 01-17-2007, 06:21 PM   #10
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can some one sue over this?
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Old 01-17-2007, 10:49 PM   #12
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why are they being fired? didnt the participant sign waivers?
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Old 01-17-2007, 11:18 PM   #13
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HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH i wonder if she won the Wii
no, but the family wins lots of money.
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Old 01-18-2007, 01:02 AM   #14
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Old 01-18-2007, 01:03 AM   #15
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let me guess...the family is going to sue? noone forced her to act like a retard....just like when people sue McDonalds cause they got fat...ITS YOUR OWN DAMN FAULT YOU CANT STOP EATING, NOT THEIRS!
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Old 01-18-2007, 06:24 PM   #16
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no, but the family wins lots of money.
not likely, no doubt the station's lawyers had participants sign some sort of an injury waiver, especially if it was a contest involving consuming mass quantities of anything.

ironically, the exact same day this happened (and with no knowledge of it), a co-worker and myself had a contest to see how much of a 5 gallon office water cooler we could drink. I drank 128 oz (1 gal) in about 50 minutes. After that, I felt dizzy, sick, and my kidneys started to hurt. Thats when I decided to stop. It was crazy scary-- I ate some salty snacks because I read that too much water starves your body of sodium and thats how you can die from it.
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that sucks she did it for her kids and look what happens it just goes to show that when its your day to go he comes to get you
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let me guess...the family is going to sue? noone forced her to act like a retard....just like when people sue McDonalds cause they got fat...ITS YOUR OWN DAMN FAULT YOU CANT STOP EATING, NOT THEIRS!

way to be a compassionate human being, and you wonder why people dont like you and bust your balls all the time. here the lady was trying to do something for her kids and a unfortunately she died. and here are you all high and mighty calling this lady a retart. you suck at life..do not pass go do not collect respect...straight to hell with you.
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I heard the actual aired contest this morning on Opie and Anthony. They kept going back and interviewing this poor girl as she just got sicker and sicker right in front of them. Apprently there was a medical intern on site during the contest and he told her she would be fine, she went home and 5 hours later she went to sleep and died. They said she was a tiny little woman and her stomach was so swollen from the water she looked as if she were pregnant but they continually asked her to stop and she kept going. Its really sad, some stupid contest and 3 kids are left without a Mother...

ps- she did not win, she came in 2nd, her prize was tickets to see Justin Timberlake.

Tragic.
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Tragic.

that about sums it up...
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