A woman who competed in a radio station's contest to see how much water she could drink without going to the bathroom died of water intoxication, the coroner's office said Saturday.Jennifer Strange, 28, was found dead Friday in her suburban Rancho Cordova home hours after taking part in the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest in which KDND 107.9 promised a Nintendo Wii video game system for the winner.

"She said to one of our supervisors that she was on her way home and her head was hurting her real bad," said Laura Rios, one of Strange's co-workers at Radiological Associates of Sacramento. "She was crying, and that was the last that anyone had heard from her."

It was not immediately known how much water Strange consumed.

A preliminary investigation found evidence "consistent with a water intoxication death," said assistant Coroner Ed Smith.

John Geary, vice president and marketing manager for Entercom Sacramento, the station's owner, said station personnel were stunned when they heard of Strange's death.

"We are awaiting information that will help explain how this tragic event occurred," he said.

Initially, contestants were handed 8-ounce bottles of water to drink every 15 minutes.

"They were small little half-pint bottles, so we thought it was going to be easy," said fellow contestant James Ybarra of Woodland. "They told us if you don't feel like you can do this, don't put your health at risk."

Ybarra said he quit after drinking five bottles. "My bladder couldn't handle it anymore," he added.

After he quit, he said, the remaining contestants, including Strange, were given even bigger bottles to drink.

"I was talking to her and she was a nice lady," Ybarra said. "She was telling me about her family and her three kids and how she was doing it for her kids."

doesnt the water like, make your blood thinner or something like that?
i heard about it at school.. she should sue the radio people. my teacher told me that the radio people signed something where it says that they have nothing to do with her health or something like that. THATS BULL =X she should sue them.

i mean, i'd rather spend my money and BUY THE Wii than risking my life for 3 kids..

yeah, once my family found out, they're telling me not to drink a lot of water anymore.
because i have like, 4 bottles a day.
that's completely outrageous, though.

she didn't even win.

I saw this on the news
its pretty..stupid

What the hell? She died from drinking water.... all for a Wii too... Lmao. I feel sorry for her. It's pretty damn pathetic too. The most dumbest way to die.

she drank like 2 gallons at once. crazy.

This has been on the news sooooo much for the past few days. I live in Sacramento, where 107.9 plays. So, it's been such a huge deal here. I think it's pretty sad. She died trying to win a Wii - it's a little pathetic. Her family is trying to charge the hosts of the show that the contest was being held in with criminal charges. I don't know how they would hold up because it was her choice to continue. ANYWAY. The radio station already fired, like, ten people because of this.

Nope, I have this book about stupid things people do and this guy grew his beard out to have the world record for longest beard. Too bad he tripped on it and died. Now that's sad.

Pretty sad (pathetic even) way to lose your life...and all for a Wii. *sigh*

I think this contest was a complete and utter mistake; I live in Sacramento and I used to always listen to 107.9, Morning Rave, and they do some pretty dumb stuff there. Seriously though, don't they need like official approval from the station to do something like this? She didn't even win the contest. It's not worth it; why not just go out and buy a Wii?