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Man dies after competing in California taco-eating contest
AP ^ | Aug. 14, 2019 | Associated Press

Posted on 08/14/2019 5:32:39 PM PDT by PROCON

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A man died shortly after competing in a taco-eating contest at a minor league baseball game in California, authorities said Wednesday.

Dana Hutchings, 41, of Fresno, died Tuesday night shortly after arriving at a hospital, Fresno Sheriff spokesman Tony Botti said.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: contest; dead; tacos
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To: Kozak

Chipotle-Away /southpark


41 posted on 08/14/2019 7:24:09 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: PROCON

Were the tacos from Burger King?


42 posted on 08/14/2019 7:30:31 PM PDT by Rannug (When you're dead, you're dead. Until then fight with everything you have.l)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
IIRC, the radio station was sued. And probably settled out of court for a large sum.

That was in Sacramento. A nurse called into the program and pleaded with them to stop the contest and the two DJs mocked her claims that water toxicity could kill and called her an idiot. They continued urging the woman to “Wee for a Wii” by drinking more and more water, which was the prize. She did and died. Her family sued and the station was forced into bankruptcy and the FCC pulled their license.

43 posted on 08/14/2019 7:41:37 PM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplaphobe bigot!)
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To: exDemMom

Maybe they should have a vitamin eating contest. They’d still die.

rwood


44 posted on 08/14/2019 7:45:16 PM PDT by Redwood71
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To: PROCON

It takes a special kind of idiot to participate in a how-much-can-you-eat contest.


45 posted on 08/14/2019 8:11:07 PM PDT by KevinB ("Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin)
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To: Swordmaker

They fought it in court and lost. Since the radio station declared bankruptcy, I doubt the family ever collected. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/jury-rules-radio-station-jennifer-strange-water-drinking/story?id=8970712


46 posted on 08/14/2019 8:11:31 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Where does it say in the Constitution anyone is entitled to the property another has labored for?)
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To: PROCON

Taco poisoning?


47 posted on 08/14/2019 8:13:15 PM PDT by northislander
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To: struggle

Poster may have been referring to the fact you replied to a posting about the water-drinking woman.


48 posted on 08/14/2019 8:24:15 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

That was on that brief show called “strange and unusual deaths” or some such.


49 posted on 08/14/2019 8:24:55 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: SamAdams76
Also, I discovered Taco Bell in Southern California. That was the beginning of more exotic food for me.

Not eaten at a TB in 50 years. It was a very pale/poor imitation of Mexican food back then.

I grew up with my dad taking sister and I down to old Olvera street in L.A. in the early 50's. Been eating Mexican ever since, my version of comfort food I suppose.

Habaneros for breakfast every chance I get, even got my wife into it a bit.

50 posted on 08/14/2019 8:41:56 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: PROCON

He was chock full.


51 posted on 08/14/2019 8:55:59 PM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel))
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To: Husker24

Wow ! Looked her up. Very impressive victories in multiple contests !


52 posted on 08/14/2019 10:20:59 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: PROCON
More than 50 comments and nobody has posted the obvious:


53 posted on 08/14/2019 10:25:33 PM PDT by ssaftler (The opinions expressed here have not been peer reviewed, fact checked or focus group tested.)
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Later addition to the story said he was diabetic and starved himself all day for the event


54 posted on 08/14/2019 10:42:47 PM PDT by deek69
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55 posted on 08/14/2019 10:51:44 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
This reminds me of the water drinking contest on some radio station. A female died because she upset the electrolytes in her system. She drank over a gallon of water.

A few years ago a cop was getting ready to run a marathon here in DC and drank over a gallon of water. He died of water poisoning.

56 posted on 08/14/2019 10:56:32 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: exDemMom

Gluttony is one of the 7 Deadly Sins for a reason.


57 posted on 08/15/2019 8:51:07 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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