Radio employees fired after contestant death
California ? Ten employees of KDND in Sacramento were fired Tuesday and the “Morning Rave” morning radio show has been canceled in wake of a water-drinking contest Friday that left a woman ill hours before she died, apparently of water intoxication.
Jennifer Lea Strange, 28, drank nearly 2 gallons of water – according to another contestant – Friday morning during a “Hold your Wee for a Wii” contest in which competitors had to drink as much water as they could without going to the bathroom for a Nintendo game system.
Strange had three children, ages 11 months, 3 and 10.
A spokesman for the radio station said Tuesday that he could not reveal which 10 employees had been dismissed.
Coroner’s officials said Saturday that Strange’s autopsy revealed no life-threatening medical conditions and appeared “consistent with a water intoxication death.” It added, however, “the final cause of death will not be available for several months.”