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California Woman Dies Trying to Win a Nintendo Wii
A 28-year-old California woman has died from a rare case of water intoxication after taking part in a local radio station contest to win a Nintendo Wii video game console.
KDND 107.9 was running a “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” competition in which 18 participants had to drink a 237-millilitre bottle of water every fifteen minutes, with the winner being the individual who consumed the most water without going to the bathroom.
Jennifer Lea Strange was one of the 18 participants in the contest vying for a Nintendo Wii. She began the challenge at 9:00 a.m. on Friday and was found dead at her house at 2:00 p.m. of the same day.
After leaving the contest Strange was complaining of a headache and called her work supervisor saying she was going home for the day. That was the last anyone had heard from her.
An excess of water in the body can lead to vital fluids becoming diluted, this in turn leads to a drop in sodium levels which could lead to swelling of the brain, seizures, coma, and in some cases death.
