"Hold Your Wee for a Wii": Water intoxication leads to a contestant’s death

How could the people at the radio station be that dumb? I can see the lawsuits now, and for once I agree.

Bruce; what do you mean, “How could the people at the radio station be that dumb? ” They are radio broadcasters, not medical personelle. We expect them, like most members of the general public and the participants in this stunt to be unaware of the dangers of water intoxication.

Had any adequate warning been present it would have done little good as one contestant remarked “Ybarra said before the contest, he did not read a liability waiver form handed to him by station personnel before signing it”. Even if you try to tell people they are embarking on something ill-advised, dangerous or outright stupid, they will find ways to ignore all warnings.

It is a tragedy that this mother put her life at risk and lost.

Anonymous: I’m a member of the general public, with no medical training other than first aid, and I know that water intoxication can kill. I distinctly remember previous incidents of death resulting from drinking too much water. And, in this age, with a quick Google search at your fingertips, information is readily available.

No, this was an incredibly dumb stunt.

Bruce, it is particularly trgic and stupid on the part of both the victim and the radio station. Two years ago there was a hazing incident at Chico State (about an hour up the road) and a fraternity pledge died. Two senior members of teh fraternity pled guilty to manslaughter. Thi incident received huge amounts of press in the Sacramento paper as well as on the news, most likely including the station in question. They really shuld have known better….

Where are the trial lawyers?
We should be suing the utilities corporation for millions – there must be a doctor working there who hasn’t warned the poor public about the dangers of dihydrogen oxide ingestion.

Yeah 2 people called in, one was a girl that said can’t you like die from that? They said yes! That’s what the waiver is for. That’s just crazy……….

A few years ago here in England, my local radio station, Radio Trent in Nottingham held a similar competition, “Jo & Twiggy’s big bladder”. 2 young women kept drinking loads of water to win a Brian Adams concert ticket. Both girls went the 3hrs without urinating. Both were given a ticket each. Tragedy could have happened then. Radio Trent hasnt run a similar competition since, thankfully.