Posted on 01/18/2007 10:47:09 AM PST by GoldCountryRedneck
Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness assigned two homicide detectives Wednesday to investigate the apparent water-intoxication death of a Rancho Cordova woman who competed in a radio-station stunt to win a Nintendo gaming console.
Jennifer Strange (deceased), her husband, and children.
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IIRC, I thought I read that she had 2 boys in an earlier article.
Then that would be a dude! Wonder why he's wearing lipstick.
--Really? Maybe if ALL the contestants died, sure. Then we can say that such an activity is dangerous. But one person? Out of how many?--
Would be it to be your kid that died and you would post this?
Now I can't find where I thought I read it. Maybe it's a goth boy. Could be a girl, but if she was gonna wear lipstick, I would've made her do something with her hair.
Oh Lord!
Diehydrogen monoxide even SOUNDS deadly!
Ha! Thanks for giving me a laugh at my own mistake.
"THEY ARE SCREWED!"
They're worse than screwed. They're guilty.
They were at fault by knowing that what they were doing was dangerous and reckless, and that people had died doing that sort of thing.
Kinda like if they had been playing Russian roulette and they were passing around revolvers with one chamber loaded. Except in this case, the participants (probably) didn't know they were gambling with their lives, and by their own public admission the radio station dudes did.
That's how.
I believe this is the same DHMO on Penn & Teller's Bullsh!t that the environmentalists were eagerly siging the petition against.
The attorney for Mr. Strange was on KFBK for about 30 minutes; name is Roger Dryer and he's a pro.
Bad News (for the station): He's going for negligence in that they allowed Mrs. Strange to leave the premises even though she, and others, was sick. He also questions the due deligence research done by the station regarding safety issues. A lack of event liability research would bolster the negligence charge.
Good News (for the station): Event waivers have been found to be valid provided the specific risks involved are clearly spelled out. The attorney said that he hadn't recieved his copy of what she signed, so wasn't prepared to comment.
There was also a faint hint of "...looking at the sponsors as well".
I'm still in the "accidents happen" camp, but I think the radio station will want to settle ASAP. The bad publicity has gotta be leaving ugly marks.
No word on the criminal investigation...
Of course. He wants to sue Nintendo.
Thanks for the update!
We found out that it wasn't. That led to the FDA.
Please tell me you're not suggesting that the federal government set up an agency to oversee amusement rides? That they review the risks and print up leaflets with teeny-tiny writing (as they do with drugs) that are to be handed out at the gate of each ride listing all the dangers?
The possibility of seizures would be one. Heart attacks, strokes, choking, nose bleeds, vomiting, acid reflux ... teeny-teeny-tiny writing to get them all on one piece of paper. Don't want to be sued, you know.
Is this really a conservative forum? Sure doesn't look like one to me.
The operative phrase is, "According to one of the other posters ..."
Even if true, I'm assuming the DJ's were joking around. A nurse called in? Or someone who SAID they were a nurse called in?
"They can get hurt drinking water? Yeah, right. Thanks for calling in. Nurse."
What's with this "my kid" bull$hit? Make a point or begone, newbie.
Her death was beyond senseless in so many ways.
/Pray
They knew? How?
From the caller who claimed to be a nurse? Gee, maybe they should have stopped the contest right after that call from the "nurse". That's what you would have done, right? Sure you would.
Or maybe they knew because of the story where the kid was forced to drink water. Yeah. That's exactly what they were doing in the contest -- forcing water on them. They should have known NOT to force water on the contestants. Is that what they were doing?
That's interesting.
. . .'Moderation in all things'. . .
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