50 Shots of Tequila Kill Contest Winner
From Times Wire Reports
The 21-year-old winner of a competition to drink the most tequila died and three other contestants were hospitalized and gravely ill, officials said in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic.
Ricardo Ivan Garcia drank more than 50 shots Sunday night at the Blanc, Dance and Lounge discotheque to win $330 at a Mexican night celebration.
He died within hours, apparently from heart failure brought on by alcohol poisoning.
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