Hazing incident leads to death...
...by water intoxication?
A California State University student died of "water intoxication" during hazing in the basement of a fraternity, authorities said Thursday.Wow.Matthew Carrington, 21, died early Wednesday while drinking water from a five-gallon jug and doing exercises at the Chi Tau house near the Chico campus, said Chico Police Sgt. Dave Barrow.
An autopsy showed death was triggered by hyponatremia, a condition in which excess water in the body causes sodium levels in the blood to drop. Water is then absorbed into the blood and fluid builds up in the brain.
I don't think it's any stretch of the imagination to think that at least once in that fraternity, the following conversation took place:
Frat guy #1: Dude, do you think we should be giving them that much water to drink?Oy.Pledgemaster: Dude. It's water. You can't die from water.
I mean, all I've got is wows and oys. Sad stuff.
Posted by Matt at February 4, 2005 2:04 PM
