01/14/2007: Category: General Posted by: Editors
Associated Press
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.
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."
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, diet coke in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut her up with cookies.
A friend is someone who thinks you're a good egg, even though you're slightly cracked.
I'm sorry for this lady, however, this is the most ludicrous thing Ive ever heard. I saw this on the news tonight, and my first thought was....not only are the people who thought of this complete idiots, but the people that competed in this are the same.
Who in their right mind would have tried to drink like this and not go to the bathroom when needed?
The bladder and kidney are not something to mess with. I cant believe that there are adults in this world that don't realize how holding in urniation can cause some major issues.
Goodness...its one thing to hold it in for a couple minutes...but obviously this lady held it in for way too long.
Of course thats just my opinion....I could be wrong. (Dennis Miller)
"You might be the toughest little whacker. . .but in my world, you're about as worrisome as a cloudy day." (Dutch Dooley)
But this family is going to sue the crap out of that radio station. I can just see every radio program director in the country sending a memo to the promotions department about this.
Just another radio stunt contest. I organized the traditional "touch a car for as long as you can and the last person touching it wins" contest.
I tell you what though, people do wacky stuff to win things. There was this one contest at a station, forget where exactly, but you had to ride in this roller coaster all day and the last person who stayed in it won a car. You would ride in this thing for like 10 hours or whatever then sleep in it. Something like 4 people stayed in it for three weeks and refused to give up. It was nuts.
Not sure of the specifics. Looks like she was just holding it and holding it.
I was hungover once and ironically I was working for a radio station at the time. I had to set up and oversee this event. Afterward I am craving water like only a man with a true hangover can. So I grab a one liter bottle of Aquafina or whatever and nearly down the whole thing except for a sip or two. I started to feel sick right awyay. Not like hangover sick but internally, uh-oh something is really wrong sick. It went away though thankfully.
I heard on the radio today that the whole morning crew was fired over the deal. (My local morning crew found this funny. )
Whatever. Sounds like the station owner fired everyone, when he should be resigning as well. Probably canned them to stop the lawsuit, but me figures the jury will see through it.
water intoxication is kind of like alcohol poisoning. It's not really that she didn't pee so much as her body couldn't process the intake.
surprisingly enough, it's relatively easy to do. especially if our working out or outside on a hot day and sweet and you drink a lot of water in a short period. like a chug a couple of 20 oz within a an hour or so.
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, diet coke in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut her up with cookies.
A friend is someone who thinks you're a good egg, even though you're slightly cracked.
HECK! said this in post #7 : Just another radio stunt contest. I organized the traditional "touch a car for as long as you can and the last person touching it wins" contest.
I tell you what though, people do wacky stuff to win things. There was this one contest at a station, forget where exactly, but you had to ride in this roller coaster all day and the last person who stayed in it won a car. You would ride in this thing for like 10 hours or whatever then sleep in it. Something like 4 people stayed in it for three weeks and refused to give up. It was nuts.
-HECK!
How did they manage 3 weeks on a rollercoaster?? No bathroom, shower or food?
I always thought you had to sign a waiver or something when you enter wacky contests like "hot-dog eating" etc.
I feel sorry for the woman's kids. Such a tragedy!
01-15-2007 03:32 AM
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No bathroom, shower or food?
