Woman Dies Trying To Win A Wii
No pun jokes in the headline for this story. A 28 year old woman was competing in KDND 107.9 radio station’s “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” contest. The rules of the contest were simple: drink as much water as you possibly can without going to the bathroom.
Initially, contestants were handed 8-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.
Well, it seemed that Jennifer Strange’s body did not do so well with the contest. In fact, she died of water intoxication. Such a sad story all for a Nintendo Wii. And I’m sure no one will take responsibility for this either. So basically, a son is now without a mother just because of a dumb radio station stunt to win a Nintendo Wii. So sad.
[Via CNN]
Nintendo, Wii, radio show, contest, death
January 14th, 2007 at 11:33 am
Wow!! I did not know there was such a thing as water intoxication .That is very sad and I always thought you could not drink enough water I guess holding it was the real issue. The child must feel horrible but the mother as well did not use her nogin . I love games and consoles but not that much to risk my own life for one even for a child. Now the child is without a wii and his mother.
January 14th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
That lady was dumb.
January 14th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Oh hey! I found a really informative article talking about water intoxication and other problems that may arise with too much water consumption!
http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/healthy_eating/too_much_water.htm
January 14th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Sad story but still typical CNN anti-games crap
January 14th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
The radio station should have known better. That contest was dangerous from the beginning.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
I agree with Chad. Whenever you do anything like this, you’d think you’d consult a doctor. Duh. Yeah, I’ve heard of water intoxication before and its kind of scary. I heard that runners can die from it if they overload during races and such.
December 19th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
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