Tragedy in chicken eating contest in Indonesia - a competitor chokes to death

It was the 'Eat or Treat' contest - a nationwide chicken eating contest at fast-food outlet KFC in Indonesia and it offered a prize of $1 billion rupiah (£5,263). But, it has now been cancelled after a contestant choked to death on a chicken wing. The incident happened in a restaurant in West Jakarta when a 45-year-old man choked to death when trying to eat three wings in under five minutes.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 21 March 2016.

The man in question was taken to hospital after he started to choke on his third wing. He drank water to try to stop choking, but later collapsed, and was pronounced dead by paramedics. The 'Eat or Treat' contest offered a prize of $1 billion rupiah (£5,263), and he had reached the elimination round.
AS a result, the entire competition which ran across 239 KFC outlets across Java and Bali, has now been cancelled by organizers who treat this as an accident. Before start of the contest, participants had signed a letter declaring they were healthy.
KFC provided the venue and the competition was run by the organizers. The grand final of the contest was scheduled to take place in July, and the eventual winner stood to win £267,700.


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