Man Wins Tequila Drinking Contest by Downing 50 Shots

[egghead]

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - The 21-year-old winner of a competition to drink the most tequila died Monday and three other contestants were gravely ill in the hospital, officials said.

Ricardo Garcia drank more than 50 shots of tequila Sunday night at a Santo Domingo disco to win the prize worth $400 Cdn at a Mexican night celebration.

But he was taken ill, hospitalized and died within hours, apparently from heart failure brought on by alcohol poisoning, said public prosecutor Jose Hernandez Peguero.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2005/03/07/953315-ap.html

source madville.com (http://www.madville.com/link.php?id=96659&t=6)

[cash_site]

Gee, I wonder if he had to pay for the 50 shots in the first place... $400 wouldnt cover it? :p

Sad to hear though, so young and stoopid :(

[rik]

young and stoopid :(

Nuff said

[Conan]

Oh my gosh just from downing Tequilla! :eek:

[rik]

Musta been Mescal

[Fenalaar]

Huh - Darwin strikes again...

Stupid enough to drink himself to death. Well, at least he had som fun while doing it...

Johan-Kr

[SupaStar]

Tequilla is potent stuff. I wouldn't be game enough to do 10 shots let alone 50!

Sounds like a Darwin Awards nominee.