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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.
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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oh man, that sucks. I wonder how much water she drank for this to happen.
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that is so sad. It was not immediately know how much water Strange consumed
i guess they will have to investigate more into what went on.
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but now her three kidz have no mother? =[
gaah hope the investigation getz somewhere o
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contest to see how much water she could drink without going to the bathroom
Hey, sounds like a great idea for a new Wii game!
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dear Lord. this is insanse. i can't believe it.
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this fking sux ;( the kids wanted a wii but now they got a wii but lost their most valued person!!!
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all I can say is wow
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if you have to go.. then go. if she was getting a headache she should have gone... but that is a dangerous contest.
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just for a Wii? Man, well, now instead of a Wii, they have no mom now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif) RIP . The things people do ....
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all i can say ish.. people are stupid... that a stupid contest to enter.
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And it was for a Wii...now that cost them a mother. It's sad.
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man that is so sad. all that just for a wii. poor kids
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wow. She died.. and it was because she was trying to make her kids happy?
that's so sad..
.........and.. here I drink like 3 water bottles of water.. (and going to the bathroom constantly)
RIP
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Initially, contestants were handed eight-ounce bottles of water to drink every 15 minutes.
DAMN! i drink an hour's worth in 1 day. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)
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I wonder if the family will sue the radio station...
I only drink a bottle a day, two at most.
So to think that these people were offered so much water every 15 minutes!
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i'm pretty sure
3 gallons?
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that really sucks...
i feel bad for the kids...
the first thing that came to mind when i read the title was Anya from SuJu Full House...must've been the Woman In Water Drinking Contest...sorry...totally off topic (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)
*sigh*...all that for a Wii...
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O_o'
all for a Wii..
i wonder what happened to the other contestants that were in the final round with her? if she died; should the others have held it in for longer?
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what the heck? can the family sue the radio station?
