How did Jennifer Strange, die from water intoxication?
A 28-year-old suburban Sacramento woman died of apparent “water intoxication” after participating in a contest — “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” — sponsored by local radio station 107.9 KDND. The rules were simple: Participants competed to see how much water they could drink without going to the bathroom. The winner would receive a shiny new Wii video game console, the highly coveted, $250 must-have from Nintendo. She left behind a husband, two sons and a daughter. From The Associated Press: Jennifer Strange’s mother found her daughter’s body at her home Friday in the Sacramento suburb of Rancho Cordova, California, after Strange called her supervisor at her job to say she was heading home in terrible pain. “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 coworkers at Radiological Associates of Sacramento. “She was crying and that was the last that anyone had heard from her.” Ms. Strange had taken part
Jennifer Strange, who was a mother of three children, arrived to an FM radio show to compete for a $250 Wii game System in a water-drinking contest. The contest, which sought to award the one person who could chug the most water without having to go to the bathroom first, began, and while other contestants began dropping out, Jennifer remained. Sometime into the contest, Jennifer began to complain of a headache and light-headedness, but insisted she was fine. She had apparently been asked by the station’s staff, who were all aware of the possibility of water poisoning, if she was alright several times. Sources: http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212255470.
