Have you heard about this?

I find this disturbing, I can understand the person wanting to win a nintendo Wii, But did anyone think that something could go wrong during the little radio stunt? Very sad thing.

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Woman drinks water trying to win Wii, dies

osted by Matthew Simantov on Jan 14, 2007 1:24:44 PM

From The Associated Press

A woman who competed in a radio station's contest to see how much water she could drink without urinating died of water intoxication, the Coroner's Office said Saturday.

Jennifer Strange, 28, was found dead in her 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. "She was crying, and that was the last that anyone had heard from her."

It was not immediately known 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.

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.' "

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Water intoxication or water poisoning is very serious - learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication