Water intoxication kills radio contestant vying for Wii

Expect someone to spin this to point all the blame towards videogames. A woman seems to have died of water intoxication after participating in a water-drinking contest sponsored by Sacramento radio station KDND–FM 107.9.

The contest, called “Hold your wee for a Wii”, had participants drinking water every 15 minutes, with the winner being the one who could hold their bladder the longest. The winner would then win a Wii console. Jennifer Strange, one of the contestants, died a few hours later after calling her supervisor at work while driving home.

“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 her co-workers. “She was crying and that was the last that anyone had heard from her.” Strange was found in her home some time later, after one of her office’s supervisors called her mother, prompting her to check on her daughter by visiting her residence.

For now, we have one of the early news clips that reports Strange’s death. Checking our sourced link below should give you more information on what happened, and while it does seem as if KDND is to blame, there may still be other factors that contributed to it. Still, there was no doctor present during the contest and the report indicates that little warning was given about the dangers of water intoxication. We hope KDND does accept responsibility for what happened, and we also hope this doesn’t become sensationalized like Connor O Keefe’s death. Updated video with more details thanks to Aaron.

Expect someone to spin this to point all the blame towards videogames. A woman seems to have died of water intoxication after participating in a water-drinking contest sponsored by Sacramento radio station KDND–FM 107.9.

The contest, called “Hold your wee for a Wii”, had participants drinking water every 15 minutes, with the winner being the one who could hold their bladder the longest. The winner would then win a Wii console. Jennifer Strange, one of the contestants, died a few hours later after calling her supervisor at work while driving home.

“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 her co-workers. “She was crying and that was the last that anyone had heard from her.” Strange was found in her home some time later, after one of her office’s supervisors called her mother, prompting her to check on her daughter by visiting her residence.

For now, we have one of the early news clips that reports Strange’s death. Checking our sourced link below should give you more information on what happened, and while it does seem as if KDND is to blame, there may still be other factors that contributed to it. Still, there was no doctor present during the contest and the report indicates that little warning was given about the dangers of water intoxication. We hope KDND does accept responsibility for what happened, and we also hope this doesn’t become sensationalized like Connor O Keefe’s death. Updated video with more details thanks to Aaron.